莘

莘	U+8398, 莘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8398

Translingual

Han character

莘 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜廿十 (TYTJ), four-corner 4440₁, composition ⿱艹辛)

long
numerous
a marsh plant whose root is used for medicine

Derived characters

𣻿, 𣘘, 䅸, 𧐞, 𧤱, 𨫽, 𩇡, 𩺵, 𦸯, 𰲄

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1034, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31056
Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 17
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3224, character 1
Unihan data for U+8398

Chinese

trad.		莘
simp. ^#		莘

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Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (辛) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
親	sʰin, sʰins
寴	sʰin, sʰins
儭	sʰins, sʰrins
瀙	sʰins, ʔsrin, *sʰrins
辛	*siŋ
新	*siŋ
薪	*siŋ
襯	*sʰrins
櫬	*sʰrins
嚫	*t͡sʰrinh
莘	*sriŋ
騂	*seŋ
垶	*seŋ
觪	*seŋ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-r(i/u)ŋ (“long; to elongate”); cognate with Burmese ရှည် (hrany, “idem”) (Luce 1981, STEDT?).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēn (shen¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sîn

(Hailu, HRS): sin^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): sĭng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shen
  - Wade–Giles: shên¹
  - Yale: shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shen
  - Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: san¹
  - Yale: sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xin^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sin²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sin^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /sin⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sing¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiŋ⁵³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin
  - Tâi-lô: sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: syn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: srin

Rime
Character	莘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	臻 (46)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所臻切
Baxter	srin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɪn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂin/
Li Rong	/ʃiĕn/
Wang Li	/ʃĭen/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂi̯æn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	san¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*sri[n]/

(Zhengzhang): /*sriŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	莘
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shēn
Middle Chinese	‹ srin ›
Old Chinese	/*sri[n]/
English	long, drawn-out
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莘
Reading #	1/1
No.	13819
Phonetic component	辛
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	莘
Old Chinese	/*sriŋ/

Definitions

莘

long
numerous
a surname
(～縣) Shen County, a county in Shandong.

Compounds

莘莘 (shēnshēn)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīn (xin¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sîn

(Hailu, HRS): sin^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): sĭng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sin
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹
  - Yale: syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shin
  - Palladius: синь (sinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xin^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sin²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sin^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /sin⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sing¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiŋ⁵³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin
  - Tâi-lô: sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: syn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: srin

Rime
Character	莘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	臻 (46)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所臻切
Baxter	srin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɪn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃien/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂin/
Li Rong	/ʃiĕn/
Wang Li	/ʃĭen/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂi̯æn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	san¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*sri[n]/

(Zhengzhang): /*sriŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	莘
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shēn
Middle Chinese	‹ srin ›
Old Chinese	/*sri[n]/
English	long, drawn-out
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莘
Reading #	1/1
No.	13819
Phonetic component	辛
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	莘
Old Chinese	/*sriŋ/

Definitions

莘

a type of marsh plant whose root is used for medicine

Compounds

莘莊 / 莘庄
蘭莘 / 兰莘

Japanese

Kanji

莘

(Hyōgai kanji)

long
numerous
marsh plant whose root is used for medicine

Readings

On (unclassified): しん (shin)

Korean

Hanja

莘 • (sin) (hangeul 신, revised sin, McCune–Reischauer sin, Yale sin)

long
numerous
a marsh plant whose root is used for medicine