晨 (chén)

Morning; dawn.

How 晨 is written

Strokes
11
Radical
日 — sun/day
Traditional
晨
Simplified
晨 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 晨

凌晨 língchén
very early in the morning; in the wee hours
早晨 zǎochén
early morning; CL:個|个[ge4]
清晨 qīngchén
early morning
今晨 jīnchén
this morning
晨報 chénbào
Morning Post (newspaper); Aamulehti (Finnish newspaper)
晨昏 chénhūn
morning and twilight; day and night
晨星 chénxīng
morning stars
晨曦 chénxī
first rays of morning sun; first glimmer of dawn
晨禱 chéndǎo
matins; morning service (in Catholic church)
晨練 chénliàn
morning exercise
晨鐘暮鼓 chénzhōngmùgǔ
lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
晨間 chénjiān
(of the) morning

晨 in a sentence

早晨的空氣很新鮮。

Zǎochén de kōngqì hěn xīnxiān.

“The morning air is very fresh.”

How common is 晨?

晨 is the 1,386th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 93.7% of all running text.

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