Beans meaning and meaning of soybeans, as follows:

1, beans, modern Chinese standardized secondary characters, Mandarin pronunciation shū, first seen in the era of Shuowen Jiezi, in the six books belongs to the shape of the word. The basic meaning of "菽" is a general term for beans, such as: beans and wheat.

2. The character "菽" was first used in the era of Shuowen, and is a form-sound character. The character was originally written as "ホ", which resembles the scene of bean shoots breaking out of the ground. Shuowen: "ホ, beans also." The meaning of the character is: a general term for beans. The ancient name is "ホ"(ホ), and the Chinese name is "豆"(bean). Today, the word for beans "Hou Han Shu": the wild grain traveler born, hemp is particularly abundant.

3, beans alias beans, soybeans, green beans, black beans, black skin green beans, green beans, green nuts, the South said mud beans, horse beans, in the Northeast called fodder food. Now the beans in the beans on behalf of the main soybean. Now the beans in the beans on behalf of the peas 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.

4, about "beans" idioms are: beans and water quinoa and patchouli (rough tea.). Quinoa irrigation: wild vegetables, bean leaves), spinach and wheat is not divided (beans, wheat is not divided. Also refers to right and wrong, good and bad are not distinguished). In addition, the term "beans and water" (referring to beans and water) refers to a meager diet, describing a life of hardship, and also refers to the support of elders by the younger generation, such as "the joy of beans and water".

5, the function of beans and peas: big with spleen, qi and wide, dry and eliminate the role of water, can be used for weak spleen, indigestion, noma dysentery, abdominal distension and thinness, pregnancy poisoning, sores, canker sores, trauma and hemorrhage, and other diseases.