Beans means soybeans among the five grains.

Beans is the general name of beans, the old saying: "Beans the crop is the strongest. Anciently known as 尗, Han called the beans, the word today as beans. Beans, the general name of the beans. However, the soybean said beans, bean seedlings said Huo, small beans are said to agree." So peas refers to the five grains in the soybean.

The five grains "millet, millet, wheat, beans, rice" refers to:

1, millet: millet shelling, is yellow rice, its seeds are sticky after cooking, can be brewed, do cake. Because it is not conducive to digestion, now also basically do not use "millet" as a staple food.

2, Jik: also known as corn, drought-resistant growth, a variety of varieties, commonly known as "corn with five colors", white, red, yellow, black, orange, purple millet of various colors, but also sticky millet.

3, wheat, a class of plants in the grass family, a kind of grain, divided into wheat, barley and other types.

4, beans: a general term for beans, the old saying: "Beans are the strongest crop. Anciently known as the 尗, Han called the beans, the word for beans. Beans, the general name of the beans. However, the soybean said beans, bean seedlings said Huo, small beans are said to agree." Bean products are also one of the favorite foods of the Chinese people.

5, rice, is a graminaceous straight rod of cereal crops, the main type of soil cultivation of "rice" (consistently refers to the light water rice).

The evolution of the font:

Beans was written as "尗" in Seal Script, which means "the way beans grow", and then it was written as "菽", which became a figurative character. The word "peas" was later written as "beans" and became a figurative word.

"Beans" means like beans grow. After writing "菽", it became a form of Chinese character, "艹(草)" for the form of the side, "叔" for the sound of the side.