-chan

From the Japanese honorific ちゃん (-chan).

-chan

1. (anime and manga fandom) Appended to a person's name (usually a female, child, a close friend, or an intimate) to add politeness. It is sometimes used to denote cuteness or familiarity.

   Coordinate term: -kun

   • 2020 May 3, Julien Morein, “Murdoch Murdoch: A Case Study in Threats to Ontological Security in Far-Right Propaganda”, in Arcadia University‎^[1], page 21‎^[2]:

     Dr. Murdoch and Murdoch-chan form an alliance with a group they refer to as “happas” who are half-white and half-Asian, claiming that they pose no threat to each other, but both stand to lose if ZOG wins.

In reference to 4chan, in turn from Futaba Channel (cf. its URL, www.2chan.net, or its alternate names ふたばちゃん and 双葉ちゃん found on its homepage); hence, derived from Japanese チャンネル (channeru), from English channel.

-chan

1. (Internet slang) Used in the names of imageboards, usually ones that try to emulate 4chan.

• chan

• Cahn, Ch*na

-chan m

1. forms verbal nouns from first-conjugation verbs ending in -igh

-chan

1. Rōmaji transcription of ちゃん

• IPA^(key): [-t͡ʃaŋ]

-chan

1. allomorph of -tan used for stems that end in i