1. 陈
  2. 述

陈

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Meta:

  1. 陈 is the 525th most frequent character.
  2. 陈 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 陈 appears as a character in 48 words.
  4. 陈 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
陈 => 阝, 东
Radical :
陈 => 阝 (town), 乚 (second), 一 (one), 小 (small)
Graphical :
陈 => 丨, ㇌, 乚, 一, 亅, 八

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Chen2 - surname Chen/vassal state during the Spring and Autumn Period 770-475 BC/Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)
  2. chen2 - to lay out/to exhibit/to display/to narrate/to state/to explain/to tell/old/stale

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

新陈代谢 (新陳代謝)
陈 (陳)
陈奕迅 (陳奕迅)

Medium Frequency

推陈出新 (推陳出新)
陈冠希 (陳冠希)
陈凯歌 (陳凱歌)
陈列 (陳列)
陈年 (陳年)
陈水扁 (陳水扁)
陈皮 (陳皮)
陈旧 (陳舊)
陈述 (陳述)
陈醋 (陳醋)

述

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Meta:

  1. 述 is the 673rd most frequent character.
  2. 述 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 述 appears as a character in 30 words.
  4. 述 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
述 => 辶, 术
Radical :
述 => 辶 (walk), 木 (tree), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
述 => 丶, ㇆, ㇝, 一, 丨, 八, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shu4 - to state/to tell/to narrate/to relate

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 述 (shu4): The component 术 is pronounced as 'shu4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 述 (shu4): The component 术 is pronounced as 'zhu2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 述 (shu4): The component 木 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 述 (shu4): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

描述 
讲述 (講述)

Medium Frequency

上述 
口述 
复述 (復述)
叙述 (敘述)
综述 (綜述)
自述 
表述 
论述 (論述)
述说 (述說)
阐述 (闡述)
陈述 (陳述)

Appears In:

述 also appears in:
蒁鶐
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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