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莘

xīn / shēn
noun #75,646

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 细辛) wild ginger (a medicinal herb)
  2. 2 Xinzhuang (a district in Shanghai)

Examples

细莘是中药里常用的药材。
Xì xīn shì zhōngyào lǐ chángyòng de yàocái.
Wild ginger is a commonly used herb in Chinese medicine.
莘庄在上海西南部。
Xīn zhuāng zài Shànghǎi xīnánbù.
Xinzhuang is in the southwest of Shanghai.

Tips

usage
Read xīn in the herb name 细辛 (also written 细莘) and in the Shanghai place name 莘庄. The everyday reading is shēn.

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
The grass radical (top form of 艸) reflects the character's plant origins; in the modern senses "numerous" and the surname it survives only as the indexing radical.
phonetic
辛 xīn
bitter; pungent
Provides the sound element. Its own reading xīn is also why this character has a second pronunciation in plant names.

Stroke Order

莘 xīn