陈

chén = ch + (e)n2

surname Chen / Chen (c. 1045 - 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state / Chen (557-589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]

陈 = 东 + 阝 : The pope (阝) is narrating (陈) the same old (陈) stories from the top of the Pudong Tower (东) to the masses in the encampment's kitchen. Charlie Chaplin (ch) is listening and can't help falling asleep.

chén = ch + (e)n2

to lay out; to exhibit; to display / to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell / old; stale

陈 = 东 + 阝 : The pope (阝) is narrating (陈) the same old (陈) stories from the top of the Pudong Tower (东) to the masses in the encampment's kitchen. Charlie Chaplin (ch) is listening and can't help falling asleep.

陈 character breakdown

陈
- 东
  - 七
    - 一
    - 乚
  - 小
    - 亅
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
- 阝

do̅ng = du + (e)ng1

surname Dong

东 = 七 + 小 : Doggy Dog wants to build a model of the Pudong Oriental Pearl Tower in front of the engine. He has a model tower as guide, and a seven-branched laser sword as well as a daisy as building blocks.

do̅ng = du + (e)ng1

east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord

东 = 七 + 小 : Doggy Dog wants to build a model of the Pudong Oriental Pearl Tower in front of the engine. He has a model tower as guide, and a seven-branched laser sword as well as a daisy as building blocks.

Character component without intrinsic meaning

When on the left hand side of any character, it's the pope, but when it's on the right hand side of any character, it's the emperor.

Characters with 陈 as component

陈 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 陈

old / stored for many years

(of wine) aged / (of debts etc) old; longstanding

Chen Xitong (1930-), mayor of Beijing at the time of 4th Jun 1989 Tiananmen incident

Chen Chien-jen (1951-), Taiwanese politician, vice president of the Republic of China 2016-2020

Tran Duc Luong (1937-), former president of Vietnam

Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet at the Ming-Qing transition, author of Water Margin sequel 水滸後傳|水浒后传

Chen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing dynasty poet

to give a full account

Tony Tan (1940-), president of Singapore 2011-2017

to lay out the corpse

Chen Tuan (871-989), a legendary Daoist sage

to display

Anson Chan (1940-), chief secretary for administration, Hong Kong (1997-2001)

Chen Jingrun (1933-1996) Chinese number theorist

History of Chen of the Southern Dynasties, ninth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉[Yao2 Si1 lian2] in 636 during Tang dynasty, 36 scrolls

Benny Chan (Hong Kong film director)

the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 to found the Song dynasty

Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972

Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong

Old Barag banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia

Sentences with 陈

陈 currently does not appear in any sentence.