The 辰 family
辰 · chén · ㄔㄣˊ — 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon
Know 辰 and the readings of 4 more characters follow: 晨、震、振、唇. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 晨chén · ㄔㄣˊ部首 日 · sunmorning; dawn88%
- 震zhèn · ㄓㄣˋ部首 雨 · rainto shake; to vibrate66%
- 振zhèn · ㄓㄣˋ部首 扌 提手旁 · handto shake; to flap66%
- 唇chún · ㄔㄨㄣˊ部首 口 · mouthlip66%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 辰 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 辰 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 72%.
Words this family builds
- 早晨
- 地震
- 凌晨
- 嘴唇
- 振作
- 清晨
- 震撼
- 震驚
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