中

陳

Unicode: U+9673

Pinyin: chén zhèn

Definition

chén:* 陳列；排列。 * 行列。 * 向上述說。如：陳述；詳陳。 * 公布；顯示。 * 施展；施用。 * 堂下至院門的通道。 * 久；陳舊。 * 眾。 * 通"田"。田野。 * 古國名。在今河南省東部和安徽省北部一帶。 * 古州名。北周改信州置，治所在秣陵县（今河南省沈丘县南）。隋移治宛丘县（今河南省淮阳县）。 * 朝代名。南朝之一。西元557年陳霸先代梁稱帝，國號陳，建都建康（今江蘇省南京市）。西元589年為隋所滅。 * 姓。 zhèn:* 軍隊行列。後作"陣"。 * 陣法，部隊作戰時的戰鬥隊形。後作"陣"

exhibit, display; plead; surname

Structure

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Related substructures

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Precursors

Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
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Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
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Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
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Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC