Pronunciation of beans: shū.

Beans, a standardized Grade 2 character in modern Chinese, pronounced shū in Mandarin, was first seen in the era of Shuo Wen Jie Zi (说文解字), and belongs to the form of the character shū (形声字), which is a formative character in the Six Books. The basic meaning of "菽" is a general term for beans, such as beans and wheat. In modern Chinese usage, "菽" is used exclusively to refer to beans in general, such as beans and millet.

The word "菽" was first used in the Shangwen period, and is a form of the Chinese character "菽". The character was originally written as "ホ", which resembles the scene of bean shoots breaking out of the ground. Beans, also known as beans, soybeans, green beans, black beans, black skinned green beans, green beans, the south said mud beans, beans, horses, in the northeast, said the horse food. Now the beans in the representative of the beans are mainly soybeans.

Soybean originated in China, the history of cultivation in China has more than 5000 years, most scholars believe that its origin is the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau area. It can be said that now the world's soybean is almost all directly or indirectly from China to lead.

China's soybeans were introduced to Japan and Korea about 2,000 years ago, introduced to France in 1740, to the United Kingdom in 1790, and introduced to the United States in 1804, and became an important crop in the southern United States and the Midwest in the mid-20th century.

It was introduced to Austria in 1875 and to Germany in 1881. The idiom of "beans" includes: beans, water, quinoa, spinach and wheat. In addition, the word "菽水" mostly refers to the meager diet, describing the life of the poor, but also refers to the younger generation to the elders of the support, such as "菽水之欢".