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Meaning

5th earthly branch; 7-9 a.m.

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “chen” becomes a different word in each tone. 辰 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 诞辰dàn chénbirthday
  • 时辰shí chentime; one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
  • 辰时chén shí7-9 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
  • 生辰shēng chénbirthday
  • 辰光chén guāngsunlight; (Wu dialect) time of the day; moment

Example Sentence

“时辰”是古代计时的一种单位。“Shí chen” shì gǔ dài jì shí de yì zhǒng dān wèi.The word shichen was a unit of timekeeping in ancient times.

时辰“Shí chen”timeshìis古代gǔ dàiancient times计时jì shíto measure timedeof一种yì zhǒngone kind of单位dān wèiunit (of measure)