辰 (chén): 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon, ancient Chinese compass point: 120°
辰 (chén) is a Chinese character meaning “5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th april-4th may), year of the dragon.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 厂 (structural). It ranks #2252 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon
- ancient Chinese compass point: 120°
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 星辰 | xīng chén | stars |
| 时辰 | shí chen | time |
| 生辰 | shēng chén | birthday |
| 良辰美景 | liáng chén měi jǐng | fine time, beautiful scenery (idiom) |
| 诞辰 | dàn chén | birthday |
| 忌辰 | jì chén | anniversary of a death |
| 北辰 | běi chén | Polaris |
| 壬辰 | rén chén | twenty-ninth year I5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2012 or 2072 |
| 十二时辰 | shí èr shí chen | twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian timekeeping and astronomy |
| 时辰未到 | shí chen wèi dào | the time has not yet come |
| 生辰八字 | shēng chén bā zì | one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch |
| 良辰吉日 | liáng chén jí rì | fine time, lucky day (idiom) |
| 北辰区 | běi chén qū | Beichen suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4] |
| 辰时 | chén shí | 7-9 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |
| 辰光 | chén guāng | sunlight |
辰 appears in 28 compound words: 25 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 辰 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
eight characters that indicate the year, month, date and double-hour of one's birth, used in fortune-telling
eight characters that indicate the year, month, date and double-hour of one's birth, used in fortune-telling
Showing 4 of 5 idioms containing 辰.
Example Sentences
辰字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。
chén zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The character "辰" has a very distinctive writing style that left a deep impression on me.
日驻华使馆天皇诞辰祝贺会中方出席者规格大大降低
rì zhù huá shǐ guǎn tiān huáng dàn chén zhù hè huì zhōng fāng chū xí zhě guī gé dà dà jiàng dī
The size of Chinese attendees at the Emperor's birthday celebration meeting at the Japanese Embassy in China has been greatly reduced
高中木联/蔡辰泷飙无四死完封 平镇挑战连霸对决谷保
gāo zhōng mù lián 蔡 chén 泷 biāo wú sì sǐ wán fēng píng zhèn tiāo zhàn lián bà duì jué gǔ bǎo
High School Mulian/Cai Chen Longbiao did not have four deaths and shutouts, and Pingzhen challenged the consecutive championship against Gu Bao
新股消息 | 天辰生物医药再度递表港交所 已在中国启动八项...
xīn gǔ xiāo xī tiān chén shēng wù yī yào zài dù dì biǎo gǎng jiāo suǒ yǐ zài zhōng guó qǐ dòng bā xiàng . . .
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万全右卫城十二时辰:赚时辰印,当“荣誉居民”
wàn quán yòu wèi chéng shí èr shí chén : zhuàn shí chén yìn , dāng róng yù jū mín
The Twelve Hours of the Right Acropolis of Wanquan: Earn time stamps and be an "honorary resident"
天空晴朗，布满了星辰。
Tiānkōng qínglǎng, bùmǎn le xīngchén.
The sky is clear and full of stars.
Character Family
辰 Radical Family — Characters sharing the morning radical
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