陳

E87685
Chinese character Chinese surname

陳 is a common Chinese surname and character with historical roots, widely used across Chinese-speaking communities and often romanized as "Chan," "Chen," or similar variants.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
陈 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese character ⓘ
Chinese surname ⓘ
cangjieInput NLMT ⓘ
cantoneseJyutping can4 ⓘ
cantonesePronunciationIPA [tsʰɐn˨˩] ⓘ
commonInDialectGroup Cantonese-speaking communities ⓘ
Hokkien-speaking communities ⓘ
Mandarin-speaking communities ⓘ
Teochew-speaking communities ⓘ
dynastyAssociation Chen dynasty ⓘ
fourCornerCode 7621.4 ⓘ
isCommonSurnameIn Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form: Hong Kong

Macau ⓘ
China ⓘ
surface form: Mainland China

Malaysia ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Formosa ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan
language Chinese ⓘ
listedIn Hundred Family Surnames poem ⓘ
mandarinPronunciationIPA [ʈʂʰən˧˥] ⓘ
meaning old ⓘ
to arrange ⓘ
to display ⓘ
to state ⓘ
middleChineseReconstruction drjin ⓘ
oldChineseReconstruction *lʼin ⓘ
origin ancient State of Chen ⓘ
pinyin Chen ⓘ
surface form: Chén
pinyinToneNumber Chen2 ⓘ
positionInHundredFamilySurnames 10 ⓘ
radical 阜 ⓘ
radicalNumber 170 ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Henan Province ⓘ
surface form: Henan
romanizationSystem Hanyu Pinyin ⓘ
Jyutping ⓘ
Wade–Giles ⓘ
Yale NERFINISHED ⓘ
romanizationVariant Chan ⓘ
Chen ⓘ
Chin ⓘ
Tan ⓘ
script Han characters ⓘ
simplifiedForm 陈 ⓘ
strokeCount 15 ⓘ
surnameCategory Hundred Family Surnames ⓘ
traditionalForm 陳 ⓘ
unicodeCodePoint U+9673 ⓘ
wadeGiles Chʻên ⓘ
yaleRomanizationCantonese Chàhn ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kelly Chan → familyName → 陳 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 陈