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郴

chēn

Character

What 郴 means

1. used in {郴州|Chēn zhōu} (the name of a place in Hunan)

Words starting with 郴

• 郴州市Chēn zhōu ShìChenzhou, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省
• 郴州Chēn zhōusee 郴州市

Characters built on 林

These share the phonetic component 林 (lín), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 森sēn(bound form) densely wooded; (fig.) (bound form) multitudinous; gloomy; forbidding
• 焚fénto burn
• 棼fénbeams in roof; confused

Characters that look like 郴

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 排páito arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel…
• 脚jiǎofoot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object)
• 掷zhìto toss; to throw dice; Taiwan pr. zhí
• 彬bīnurbane; well-bred; cultivated
• 栩xǔused in 栩栩; jolcham oak (Quercus serrata)
• 梆bāngwatchman's rattle

Sounds the same

Read chēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 琛precious stone; gem
• 嗔to be angry at; to be displeased and annoyed
• 抻to pull; to stretch; to draw sth out
• 瞋(literary) to stare angrily; to glare
• 搷to beat; to winnow
• 𬘭(literary) to stop; kindhearted
• 賝(gem)