莘 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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shēn, xīn

long

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

plant

辛 Sound component

xīn

laborious

Evolution

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shēn

long; numerous; a marsh plant whose root is used for medicine

Shēn

surname Shen

xīn

Asarum; Wild ginger; also 細辛|细辛[xìxīn]

Most common words with 莘

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	莘	Asarum
	莘莘学子	a great number of students (idiom)
	莘县	Shen county in Liaocheng 聊城[Liáochéng], Shandong
	莘庄镇	Xinzhuang, town in Minhang District 閔行區\|闵行区[MǐnhángQū], Shanghai

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*sri[n]	srin	shēn	long, drawn-out

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4432nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	10
Unicode	U+8398

Sources