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阵 (zhèn): meaning and stroke order

阵 (zhèn) means disposition of troops, wave, spate, burst, spell, short period of time.

阵

Simplified
阵
Traditional
陣
Pinyin
zhèn

Stroke order of 阵

阵

  • zhèn disposition of troops; wave
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 陣

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 阵

  1. zhèn Traditional 陣
    • disposition of troops
    • wave
    • spate
    • burst
    • spell
    • short period of time
    • classifier for events or states of short duration

Radical and structure

阵
Radical 阜 (Kangxi radical 170) · 6 strokes · 阝 on the left, 车 on the right

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.

阵 in our stories

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  • 半夜，他被一阵轻轻的脚步声吵醒，一个穿白衣服的姑娘端着一杯茶站在他面前。

    bànyè tā bèi yí zhèn qīngqīng de jiǎobùshēng chǎoxǐng yí gè chuān bái yīfu de gūniang duān zhe yì bēi chá zhàn zài tā miànqián

    At midnight he was woken by soft footsteps: a girl in white stood before him holding a cup of tea.

    From the story The girl in the painting HSK 5

Stories using 阵

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).