(chen)

6 strokesTrad.
Readingschencāng

low fellow

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
chen / cāng
Meaning
low fellow; rustic; rude; rough
Strokes
6
HSK level
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰亻仓

A person 亻 from the farm 仓; 仓 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form : A person 亻 from the farm 倉; 倉 also provides the pronunciation

How to write step by step

6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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hánchen

variant of 寒碜

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