陈

陳
Chen2
#525 most
frequent character
surname Chen

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

陈 has ⻖ hills in a row as picture part and 东 as another part, first meaning the name of a mound. The meaning 'to exhibit, put on display' was borrowed for the sound, then grew to 'state, explain' and 'old, stale'.

Drawn as: hills in a row

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Same Characters, Different Readings

陈chén
to lay out, to exhibit, to display

Homophones

臣Chen2
surname Chen

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