Chen

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Chen is a Chinese surname (traditional-陳; simplified-陈), and also a Hebrew word ("חֵן") meaning "loveliness", or "grace", which is also a common given name and surname. See Chen (surname).

Chen can also refer to:

• Chen Dynasty, dynasty in Chinese history
• Chen (state) during the Zhou Dynasty, which is now part of present-day Anhui and Henan
• Chen Bridge Mutiny, a mythical story about a military uprising that led to the establishment of the Song Dynasty
• Chen-style t'ai chi ch'uan, the well known Chinese martial art created by the Chen family
• Chen (genus), a genus of geese which is sometimes included in Anser
• Chen's notation, a graphical entity-relationship model devised by Peter Chen
• Chen, a character from the Touhou Project video game series
• Chen (singer), a member of the Chinese-South Korean boy band EXO
• Chen, acronym in Hebrew for the Women's Army Corp, a defunct organization in the Israeli Defence Force

See also

• Hen (name)
• Zhen (note that Chinese names that are transcribed Zhen in the modern Pinyin transcription were transcribed Chen in the older Wade–Giles system)
• Cheng

Acronyms

• Council for Higher Education in Newark (CHEN)

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