陣

陣 U+9663, 陣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9663 ← 院 [U+9662] CJK Unified Ideographs 除 → [U+9664]

陣 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 弓中十田十 (NLJWJ), four-corner 7520₆, composition ⿰阝車)

• 塦 𠻆 𫺶 𣗑 𧏶 𩄛

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1352, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41667
• Dae Jaweon: page 1854, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4129, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9663

trad.		陣
simp.		阵
alternative forms		陳／陈 archaic

Derivation from 敶, itself derived from an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 東 (“sack?”) + 東 + 攴; later, one 東 was abbreviated, and a 阜 added on the left.

陣

1. short moment of time

   等陣先。／等阵先。 [Cantonese]  ―  dang² zan⁶ sin¹. [Jyutping]  ―  Wait a bit first.

2. formation

   風水陣／风水阵  ―  fēngshuǐ zhèn  ―  feng shui arrangement

3. Classifier for short periods of an event: spell; burst; gust ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

   一陣雨／一阵雨  ―  yī zhèn yǔ  ―  a brief spell of rain

4. (military) column, row or file of troops
5. (Cantonese) beam; crossbeam (Classifier: 條／条 c)
6. (Cantonese, vehicles) wheelbase

   短陣車款／短阵车款 [Cantonese]  ―  dyun² zan⁶ ce¹ fun² [Jyutping]  ―  short wheelbase car model

7. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 𠹻 (zam6, “classifier for smells”)

• (short moment of time): (Cantonese) 一陣／一阵 (jat1 zan6)

• “陣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #6816”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

(Jōyō kanji)

• Go-on: じん (jin, Jōyō)^{←ぢん (din, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちん (chin)

陣(じん) • (jin) ^{←ぢん (din)?}

1. battle formation
2. camp

陣(じん) • (-jin) ^{←ぢん (-din)?}

1. group, team

   経営(けいえい)陣(じん)、制作(せいさく)陣(じん)

   keiei-jin, seisaku-jin

   management team, production team

   1万人以上(1 まんにんいじょう)の講師(こうし)陣(じん)

   1 man nin ijō no kōshi-jin

   a group of over 10,000 teachers

陣 (eum 진 (jin))

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陣: Hán Nôm readings: trận, giận, trặn, chận, chặn, chiến

1. battle, fight

• Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese word for battle is trận.

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