莘
shēnShēnxīn

long

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

辛
辛 Sound component
xīn laborious

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsrinsri[n]long, drawn-out
Zhengzhangsriŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica