| 神农本草经 |
Shén nóng Běn cǎo Jīng |
Shennong's Compendium of Materia Medica, a Han dynasty pharmacological compendium, 3 scrolls |
| 神 |
Shén |
God |
| 神 |
shén |
god; deity / supernatural; magical; mysterious / spirit; mind; energy / lively; expressive / look; expression / (coll.) awesome; amazing |
| 神农 |
Shén nóng |
Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 and creator of agriculture |
| 农 |
Nóng |
surname Nong |
| 农 |
nóng |
(bound form) agriculture |
| 农 |
nóng |
variant of 农 |
| 本 |
běn |
(bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc |
| 本草 |
běn cǎo |
a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine / Chinese materia medica |
| 草 |
cǎo |
variant of 草 |
| 草 |
cǎo |
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵,撮,株,根 |
| 草 |
cào |
variant of 肏 |
| 经 |
Jīng |
surname Jing |
| 经 |
jīng |
classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 经济 |