生不逢辰

生不逢辰 in English

shēng bù féng chén: (idiom) To be born in an unfavorable time. In older usage, it described someone with an unfortunate fate.

Character breakdown

生 shēng to be born
不 bù no
逢 féng to meet by chance
辰 chén 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar …

Stroke order

Le caractère 生 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 生

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 不 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 不

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

生

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 16 forms

不

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 21 forms

逢

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 西晉
See all 11 forms

辰

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 28 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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