Chen or Ch'en may refer to:

People

Chen (surname) Chen () is a common Chinese-language surname and one of the most common surnames in Asia. It is the most common surname in Taiwan (2010) and Singapore (2000). Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Macau, and ...

(陳 / 陈), a common Chinese surname *

Chen (singer) Kim Jong-dae (; born September 21, 1992), better known by his stage name, Chen (), is a South Korean singer and songwriter. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Exo, its subgroup Exo-M and its subunit Exo-CBX, and participated in SM Ent ...

(born 1992), member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO * Chen Chen (poet) (born 1989), Chinese-American poet * (), a Hebrew first name or surname: ** Hen Lippin (born 1965), former Israeli basketball player ** Chen Kugel (born 1962), Israeli pathologist who did an autopsy on Yahya Sinwar ** Chen Reiss (born 1979), Israeli operatic soprano ** Ronen Chen (born 1965), Israeli fashion designer

Historical states

Chen (state) Chen () was a Ancient Chinese states, state founded by Duke Hu of Chen during the Zhou dynasty of ancient China. It existed from c. 1045 BC–479 BC. Its capital was Wanqiu, in present-day Huaiyang County in the plains of eastern Henan province ...

(c. 1045 BC–479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state in present-day Anhui and Henan *

Chen (Thessaly) Chen (), or Chenai (Χῆναι), was a town and polis (city-state) of Oetaea in ancient Thessaly Thessaly or Thessalia (Attic Greek: , ''Thessalía'' or , ''Thettalía'') was one of the traditional regions of Ancient Greece. During the Mycenaea ...

, a city-state in ancient Thessaly, Greece * Chen Commandery, a commandery in China from Han dynasty to Sui dynasty *

Chen dynasty The Chen dynasty (), alternatively known as the Southern Chen (南陳 / 南朝陳) in historiography, was a Dynasties in Chinese history, Chinese imperial dynasty and the fourth and last of the Northern and Southern dynasties#Southern dynasties, ...

(557–589), a Chinese southern dynasty during the Northern and Southern dynasties period

Businesses and organizations

Council for Higher Education in Newark Started in 1971, the Council for Higher Education in Newark (CHEN) consisted of four public institutions of higher learning in Newark, New Jersey including: New Jersey Medical School - Rutgers, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Rutge ...

(CHEN) * Chen (), acronym in Hebrew for the

Women's Army Corps The Women's Army Corps (WAC; ) was the women's branch of the United States Army. It was created as an auxiliary unit, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), on 15 May 1942, and converted to an active duty status in the Army of the United S ...

(, ) a defunct organization in the Israeli Defence Force * Chen, a brand name used by Mexican frozen food distributor

Sigma Alimentos Sigma Alimentos, S.A. de C.V., also known as Sigma or Sigma Alimentos, is a Mexican multinational food processing and distribution company headquartered in San Pedro, near Monterrey, Mexico. It produces and distributes refrigerated foods, mainly ...

Other uses

*''Chen'', a genus of geese which is now generally included in '' Anser'' * Chen's notation, a graphical entity-relationship model devised by Peter Chen *

Chen-style taijiquan The Chen-style tai chi ( zh, s=陳氏太极拳, p=Chén shì tàijíquán) is a Northern Chinese martial art and the original form of tai chi. Chen-style is characterized by silk reeling, alternating fast and slow motions, and bursts of power ...

, a Chinese martial art created by the Chen family *Chen, a character from the ''Touhou Project'' video game series *Chen, a playable panda character in the video game ''

Heroes of the Storm ''Heroes of the Storm'' is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. Announced at BlizzCon 2010, it was released on June 2, 2015 for macOS and Windows. The game features various crossover ...

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