also: しんもう
luxuriant vegetation; dense thicket
Archaic literary term for overgrown, tangled vegetation; not used in modern everyday Japanese.
The word 榛莽 appears in old Chinese-style poetry.
榛莽 is an old word referring to land overgrown with weeds and bushes.
Archaic kanji compound; the reading しんぼう is the primary reading.
Alternate reading; less common than しんぼう.
A Sino-Japanese compound of 榛 (hazel, shrub) and 莽 (dense grass). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it appears in classical Chinese-influenced texts.