Kanji Detail for 莘 - "wild ginger, many, long, state"

莘

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
莘 means "wild ginger, many, long, state."
1. Wild ginger - A perennial plant of the Aristolochiaceae family with roots used medicinally (used in compound 細莘).
2. Many - Numerous.
3. Long - Extended.
4. State - Name of a Zhou dynasty state.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

long; numerous; marsh plant whose root is used for medicine

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

long; numerous; wild ginger

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Shen

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

numerous, long; a marsh plant with a medicinal root

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

莘莘. A numerous appearance. Such as saying 莘莘學子 (numerous students) and the like. | 細莘 (Asarum). A plant name. Interchangeable with 細辛. Leaves are heart-shaped. Has long leaf stalks. Three-petaled flowers. Color is purple-black. Roots are used medicinally.
Onyomi

shin(しん)
Kunyomi
none
Strokes

13 strokes
Radical

艸艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)
Related Keywords
wild ginger perennial plant aristolochiaceae family roots medicinally many numerous long extended state name zhou