Character: 陳
Modern (Beijing) reading: chén
Preclassic Old Chinese: dhrǝn
Classic Old Chinese: dhrin
Western Han Chinese: ḍhjǝn
Eastern Han Chinese: ḍhǝn
Early Postclassic Chinese: ḍhin
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ḍhin
Late Postclassic Chinese: ḍhin
Middle Chinese: ḍin
English meaning : to set forth, set out, spread out, array, arrange, marshall, display
Russian meaning[s]: 1) расставлять (располагать) в порядке; ряд, строй, порядок; 2) излагать, сообщать; 3) старый, устарелый; залежавшийся; выдержанный (напр. о вине); 4) Чэнь (династия 557 - 588 гг.); 5) Чэнь (название древнего княжества); 6) Чэнь (фамилия); [zhén] вм. 陣
Comments: For *dh- cf. Chaozhou thiŋ2. Also read (since L.Zhou) *dhrǝn-s, MC ḍìn (FQ 直刃), Mand. zhèn, Viet. trận 'battle array; combat'. This derivate later started being written as 陣.
Radical: 170
Four-angle index: 5404
Karlgren code: 0373 a
Vietnamese reading: trần
Shijing occurrences: 31.1
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