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chén Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chén | chen2
English translation
to sink, to submerge; addicted; surname

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About chén

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

chén

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

water

Etymology of chén

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵審

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

shěn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and yín represents the sound.

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Words with chén

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
chén surname Shen chén
沈阳 Shěn yáng old names include Fengtian 奉天 Fèng tiān , Shengjing 盛京 Shèng jīng and Mukden瀋陽
沈阳市 Shěn yáng shì old names include Fengtian 奉天 Fèng tiān , Shengjing 盛京 Shèng jīng and Mukden瀋陽市
沈从文 Shěn Cóng wén Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist沈從文
沈河区 Shěn hé qū Shenhe district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市 Shěn yáng shì , Liaoning沈河區
辽沈战役 Liáo shěn Zhàn yì Liaoshen Campaign (Sep-Nov 1948), the first of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War遼瀋戰役
沈国放 Shěn Guó fàng Shen Guofang (1952-), PRC assistant minister of foreign affairs (2003-2005)沈國放
沈丘县 Shěn qiū xiàn Shenqiu county in Zhoukou 周口 Zhōu kǒu [Zhōu​kǒu], Henan沈丘縣
沈丘 Shěn qiū Shenqiu county in Zhoukou 周口 Zhōu kǒu [Zhōu​kǒu], Henan沈丘 Shěn qiū
沈北新 Shěn běi xīn Shenbeixin district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市 Shěn yáng shì , Liaoning沈北新 Shěn běi xīn
沈复 Shěn Fù Shen Fu (1763-c. 1810), Qing dynasty writer, author of Six records of a floating life 浮生六記|浮生六记 Fú Shēng Liù Jì [fú​shēng​liù​jì]沈復
沈莹 Shěn Yíng Shen Ying of Wu, governor (268-280) of coastal province of Wu and compiler of Seaboard Geographic Gazetteer 臨海水土誌|临海水土志 Lín hǎi Shuǐ tǔ zhì 沈瑩
沈葆祯Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政學堂|船政学堂 Chuán zhèng Xué táng [Chuán​zhèng​Xué​táng] in 1866沈葆禎

chén Decomposition & Compounds

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