Chinese surname · rank 463

莘

莘 is read as shēn.

Pinyin

shēn

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 莘

Basic meaning

long; numerous; wild ginger

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Xia-dynasty tradition, c. 2070-1600 BCE

Place: Youxin / Xin state traditions around Cao county, Shandong and Heyang, Shaanxi in sources; Tianshui commandery note.

Origin note

Shen/莘 is treated as a clan-name and state-name surname. One layer connects it with Youxin, one of the old clan or state names associated with Zhurong descendants; another links it to a Xia-era Xin state; a third treats Shen and Xin as related by old sound and graph usage. These are kept as source traditions, not collapsed into one founder.

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Sources checked

Wikipedia: Shen surname - Baijiaxing rank, Youxin/Zhurong, Si-surname Xin state, and Xin graph-sound layers
Hao86 Baijiaxing surname page: Shen - Si-surname, Ji-surname, Xia Xin state, Youxin, and Xin-related origin layers
23mofang: Shen surname - Si-surname source label and modern family distribution context
Wikisource: Baijiaxing - received Baijiaxing sequence line containing 聞莘党翟譚貢勞逢
Han Dian: Shen - basic character meaning and surname listing only

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Origin note

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