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Shen
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Appendix:Variations of "shen"
English
+ (surname)
+ Prefecture
Etymology
As a en zh - surname of multiple origins:
en cmn - form of zh 沈
Mandarin form of zh 申
Mandarin form of zh 慎
Mandarin form of zh 莘 (see en Xin)
Variant Romanization of zh 孫, see en Sun.
Variant Romanization of zh 陳, also another Mandarin form of zh 諶, see en Chen.
As a European surname of multiple origins:
Variant form of en nl Schoen, from nl schoen shoe
Variant form of en de Schoen, from de schön beautiful, nice
As a river and former Chinese prefecture, from the en cmn-wadegiles - and en cmn-pinyin - romanizations of the en cmn - pronunciation of en zh 深 Shēn.
Pronunciation
Shēn/Shén/Shěn/Shèn Mandarin Chinese-derived proper nouns
en /ˈʃɛn/
shǔn
en ɛn 1
Proper noun
s
en.
en A <<river>> in <<p/Hubei>>, <<c/China>>.
en historical en A <<former prefecture>> of imperial <<c/China>> now within <<city/Hengshui>>, <<p/Hebei>>.
Translations
River in Hubei, China
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 深河
Former prefecture of imperial China
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 深州
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Shen is the 2806th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12839 individuals. Shen is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (93.77%) individuals.
Anagrams
en ehns NHEs hens nesh