阐 (闡) chǎn

1. chǎn verb to explain; to clarify; to elucidate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 阐明 (ABC 'chǎn' 阐, p. 91; CCD '阐'; FE '闡' 1; GHDC '阐' 2; Kroll 2015 '闡' 2, p. 40; Mathews 1931 '闡', p. 16; NCCED '阐', p. 171; Unihan '闡')
2. chǎn adjective clear; evident
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (FE '闡' 2; Kroll 2015 '闡' 1a, p. 40)
3. chǎn verb to open
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 打开 (GHDC '阐' 1; Guoyu '闡' v 1; Kroll 2015 '闡' 1, p. 40; Mathews 1931 '闡', p. 16)
4. chǎn proper noun Chan
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Historic Place Name 古地名
   Notes: (GHDC '阐' 3)
5. chǎn verb to augment; to develop
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '闡' v 2; Kroll 2015 '闡' 3, p. 40)

Contained in

• 阐济(闡濟) to open the market
• 阐明(闡明) to clarify; to explain clearly
• 阐注(闡註) elucidative notes
• 阐发(闡發) to explain and promote
• 阐释(闡釋) to explain; to expound; to interpret
• 阐扬(闡揚) to expound and propagate
• 阐总(闡總) to explain and summarize
• 阐达(闡達) to elucidate
• 阐士(闡士) a learned monastic; senior Buddhist monastic
• 阐述(闡述) to expound; to elaborate
• 阐示(闡示) to demonstrate
• 推阐(推闡) to elucidate; to study and expound
• 阐幽(闡幽) to explain obscure points
• 阐弘(闡弘) to explain and promote
• 阐究(闡究) to study and explain

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阐陀

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• 卷三百八十一 列傳第一百四十 范如圭 吳表臣 王居正 晏敦復 黃龜年 程瑀 張闡 洪擬 趙逵 Volume 381 Biographies 140: Fan Rugui, Wu Biaochen, Wang Juzheng, Yan Dunfu, Huang Guinian, Cheng Yu, Zhang Chan, Hong Ni, Zhao Kui History of Song 宋史 — count: 39
• 卷三百三十一 列傳第二百十九 西域三 Volume 331 Biographies 219: Western Regions 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 24
• 卷九十二 列傳第六十二 文苑 Volume 92 Biographies 62: Writers Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 11
• 卷六十一　志第十三: 　地理四 Volume 61 Treatises 14: Geography 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 9
• 卷四十八 吳書三 三嗣主傳 Volume 48: Book of Wu 3 - Biographies of the three heirs Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 8
• 卷一 本紀第一 武帝上 Volume 1: Emperor Wu 1 Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 8
• 卷十二 列傳第六 柳惔 弟忱 席闡文 韋叡 族弟愛 Volume 12: Liu Tan; Liu Chen; Xi Chanwen; Wei Rui; Wei Ai Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 8
• 卷五十八 吳書十三 陸遜傳 Volume 58: Book of Wu 13 - Biography of Lu Xun Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 8
• 卷五十三 Scroll 53 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
• 哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 5

Collocations

• 步阐 (步闡) 從西陵督步闡表 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十八 吳書三 三嗣主傳 Volume 48: Book of Wu 3 - Biographies of the three heirs — count: 13
• 庾阐 (庾闡) 庾阐 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十七 吳書二 吳主傳 Volume 47: Book of Wu 2 - Biography of the Lord of Wu — count: 9
• 及阐 (及闡) 齊人取讙及闡 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 6
• 王阐 (王闡) 北中郎將王闡討輿等 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷四 帝紀第四 孝惠帝 Volume 4 Annals 4: Emperor Hui — count: 4
• 阐崇 (闡崇) 闡崇大猷 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十二 荀韓鍾陳列傳 Volume 62: Biographies of Xun, Han, Zhong, Chen — count: 4
• 光阐 (光闡) 未是光闡遐風之弘理也 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷三十五 列傳第五 陳騫 裴秀 Volume 35 Biographies 5: Chen Qian; Pei Xiu — count: 4
• 攻阐 (攻闡) 亟以攻闡 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十八 吳書十三 陸遜傳 Volume 58: Book of Wu 13 - Biography of Lu Xun — count: 3
• 方阐 (方闡) 道教方闡 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷九十八 列傳第六十八 王敦 桓溫 Volume 98 Biographies 68: Wang Dun; Huan Wen — count: 2
• 阐等 (闡等) 斬闡等 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十二 吳書七 張顧諸葛步傳 Volume 52: Book of Wu 7 - Biographies of Zhang, Gu, Zhuge, and Bu — count: 2
• 阐绎 (闡繹) 紹天闡繹者 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十下 班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2 — count: 2