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陳 — Exhibit

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary school#1323 most used
exhibit, state, relate, explain
On’yomiチン (chin)
Kun’yomiねる (hineru)

Stroke order (11 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 陳

WordReadingMeaning
陳述ちんじゅつ
chinjutsu
statement; declaration
陳情ちんじょう
chinjou
petition; appeal
陳謝ちんしゃ
chinsha
apology
陳腐ちんぷ
chinpu
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
陳列ちんれつ
chinretsu
exhibition; display; putting on show
新陳代謝しんちんたいしゃ
shinchintaisha
renewal; replacement; regeneration

Study notes

陳 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1323 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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