陳
exhibit, state, relate, explain
Readings
On'yomi
- チン
Kun'yomi
- ひ.ねる
Nanori
- のぶ
Meaning
陳 centers on laying something out so it can be seen or understood: exhibiting objects, stating facts, relating a story, or explaining an idea.
Most common words using 陳
20 of 41- 陳ちん
Chen (ancient Chinese state; approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en
- 陳ひね
becoming old
- 陳列ちんれつN1
exhibition; display; putting on show
- 陳腐ちんぷN1
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
- 陳述ちんじゅつ
statement; declaration
- 陳情ちんじょう
petition; appeal
- 新陳代謝しんちんたいしゃ
renewal; replacement; regeneration; rejuvenation
- 陳謝ちんしゃ
apology
- 開陳かいちん
stating (one's views); expressing
- 具陳ぐちん
report in detail; formal statement
- 冒頭陳述ぼうとうちんじゅつ
opening statement
- 出陳しゅっちん
submitting (something) to an exhibition
- 前陳ぜんちん
previous mention; mentioning previously
- 宣誓陳述書せんせいちんじゅつしょ
sworn statement
- 平凡陳腐へいぼんちんぷ
commonplace and stale; humdrum and hackneyed
- 桂花陳酒けいかちんしゅ
Cassia wine; osmanthus wine
- 縷陳るちん
detailed explanation
- 計画的陳腐化けいかくてきちんぷか
planned obsolescence
- 陳こびるひねこびる
to look old; to appear mature (e.g. of children)
- 陳ねるひねる
to age; to get old; to go stale
Study
Etymology
陳 combines ⻖ (mound, hill) with 東, which likely contributes the sound. The original meaning may relate to arranging or displaying things in rows, perhaps like goods laid out on a hill or platform.
Meaning mnemonic
Picture a mound ⻖ where someone has laid out items from the east 東 for everyone to see: an exhibit that states and explains their story.
Reading mnemonic
For チン, imagine a chin-high exhibit on the mound: chin -> チン, and you have to state what each item is.