辰
chén
5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon
ancient Chinese compass point: 120°
cliff (厂) + two (二) = the Dragon's dawn hour
辰 is an ancient pictograph of a clam or shell being pried open at dawn, and its components here don't cleanly map to meaning. It came to represent the early morning hours and the Dragon's slot in the zodiac through its role in the traditional timekeeping system.
他是龙年出生的，也就是辰年。
tā shì lóng nián chū shēng de， yě jiù shì chén nián。
He was born in the year of the Dragon, that is, the year of Chen.
辰时大约是早上七点到九点之间。
chén shí dà yuē shì zǎo shang qī diǎn dào jiǔ diǎn zhī jiān。
The Chen hour is roughly between seven and nine in the morning.
Words with 辰
丙辰
bǐng chén
fifty-third year C5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1976 or 2036
北辰
běi chén
Polaris
北辰区
běi chén qū
Beichen suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4]
十二时辰
shí èr shí chen
twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian timekeeping and astronomy
壬辰
rén chén
twenty-ninth year I5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2012 or 2072
壬辰倭乱
rén chén wō luàn
Imjin war, Japanese invasion of Korea 1592-1598
寿辰
shòu chén
birthday (of an old person)
庚辰
gēng chén
seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060
忌辰
jì chén
anniversary of a death
戊辰
wù chén
fifth year E5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1988 or 2048
星辰
xīng chén
stars
时辰
shí chen
time