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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
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
Glyph origin
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-riŋ ( “ long; to elongate ” ) ; cognate with Burmese ရှည် ( hrany , “ idem ” ) (Luce, 1981 ).
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
莘
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
shēn
Middle Chinese
‹ srin ›
Old Chinese
/*sri/
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. * 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
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
莘
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
shēn
Middle Chinese
‹ srin ›
Old Chinese
/*sri/
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. * 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
Japanese
Kanji
莘
(Hyōgai kanji )
long
numerous
marsh plant whose root is used for medicine
Readings
Korean
Hanja
莘 • (sin ) (hangeul 신 , revised sin, McCune–Reischauer sin, Yale sin)
long
numerous
a marsh plant whose root is used for medicine