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Chinese surname · rank 460

慎

慎 is read as shèn.

Pinyin

shèn

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 慎

Basic meaning

act with care, be cautious

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Spring and Autumn tradition, 770-476 BCE

Place: Chu Shen county around Yingshang, Anhui in the fief-name layer; Tianshui commandery later note; Qin Huali/Shenzi intellectual lineage treated separately.

Origin note

Shen/慎 is not just the character meaning cautious. One origin layer comes from Qin Huali, known by the style Shenzi, with descendants or followers using Shen as a surname. Another layer is Mi-surname / Chu: Bai Gong Sheng held Shen county, and descendants used the place name. The page presents both as separate traditions and records the classic list placement separately.

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