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莘

shēn

Character

What 莘 means

1. long
2. numerous

Other readings

莘 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xīnAsarum; Wild ginger; also {细辛|xì xīn}
• Shēnsurname Shen

Words starting with 莘

• 莘莘学子shēn shēn xué zǐa great number of students (idiom)
• 莘县Shēn XiànShen County or Shenxian, a county in Liaocheng City 聊城市
• 莘莘shēn shēnnumerous
• 莘庄镇Xīn zhuāng ZhènXinzhuang, town in Minhang District 闵行区

Characters that look like 莘

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript
• 革géanimal hide; leather; to reform
• 萃cuìcollect; collection; dense
• 荞qiáocommon mallow (Malva sinensis); variant of 荞
• 隼sǔnfalcon; Taiwan pr. zhǔn
• 莠yǒuSetaria viridis; vicious

Sounds the same

Read shēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 身body; life; oneself
• 深(lit. and fig.) deep
• 申to extend; to state; to explain
• 伸to stretch; to extend
• 呻(literary) to recite; to chant; to intone; (bound form) groan
• 绅member of gentry
• 参ginseng; one of the 28 constellations
• 娠pregnant
• 砷arsenic (chemistry)
• 甡multitude; crowd
• 燊brisk; vigorous (of fire)
• 珅a kind of jade