辰 (san4 | chen2) : heavenly body; fortune

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辰

san4

chen2

[1] the fifth of the twelve Terrestrial Branches
[2] early morning; 7:00-9:00 in the morning
[3] a time
[4] fortune; luck
[5] a heavenly body; sun, moon, and stars
[6] Kangxi radical 161

Stroke count: 7

Level: 2

Radical: (#161)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

辰

This word has been viewed 7011 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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星辰 sing1 san4 xing1 chen2 = star, stars

誕辰 daan3 san4 dan4 chen2 = birthday

時辰 si4 san4 shi2 / chen2 = time

生辰 saang1 san4 sheng1 chen2 = birthday

壽辰 sau6 san4 shou4 chen2 = birthday (of an old person)

日月星辰 jat6 jyut6 sing1 san4 ri4 yue4 xing1 chen2 = the sun, the moon and the stars; heavenly bodies

辰龍 san4 lung4 chen2 long2 = Year 5, Year of the Dragon (2012)

辰時卯時 san4 si4 maau5 si4 chen2 shi2 mao3 shi2 = at any time

忌辰 gei6 san4 ji4 chen2 = the anniversary of the death of a deceased parent, ancestor or sb. greatly respected

辰溪 san4 kai1 chen2 xi1 = Chenxi (place in Hunan)
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晚上你可以看到頭上天空中的星辰國
At night you can see stars in the sky above your head.

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Decimal representation of this word: 辰
Unicode code for this character: U+8FB0 (off-site link)

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