辰 (chén): meaning and stroke order
辰 (chén) means 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon.
辰
- Simplified
- 辰
- Traditional
- 辰 (same form)
- Pinyin
- chén
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Stroke order of 辰
辰
- chén 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon; ancient Chinese compass point: 120°
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Meaning of 辰
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chén
- 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon
- ancient Chinese compass point: 120°
Radical and structure
- 辰
- Radical 辰 (Kangxi radical 161) · 7 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 辰
- 时辰 shí chen time; one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
- 辰时 chén shí 7-9 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).