陳 means “display, state”

ちん · chin

Also: exhibit, relate, explain

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ひねる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

チン

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The story

Picture a hillside (阝) facing east (東), goods spread out in the morning sun: 陳 is setting things out. 陳列 is a shop display, 陳述 a statement in court, 陳謝 a formal apology, and 陳腐 is stale and hackneyed.

Used in 陳列 (chinretsu, display), 陳述 (chinjutsu, statement), and 陳謝 (chinsha, apology)

More from Speak & Explain

• 尋 ask
• 啓 open
• 諭 admonish
• 挨 push close
• 拶 press close
• 詮 scrutinize
• 謝 apologize
• 訳 translation
• 釈 explain
• 喚 call out

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