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Kanji Detail for 薪 - "firewood, fuel"

薪

  • Meaning

    薪 means "firewood, fuel."

    1. Firewood - Wood used as fuel.

    2. Kindling - Material for starting fires.

    3. Fuel - Combustible material.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    fuel; firewood; kindling

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    fuel, firewood; salary

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    fuel, firewood; salary

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Firewood. Wood split for burning. Therefore salary is also called 薪水 (firewood and water). Or abbreviated as 薪. Such as 薪金 (wages) and the like.
  • Onyomitip

    shin(シン) シン

  • Kunyomitip

    maki(まき) まき

    takigi(たきぎ) たきぎ

  • Strokestip

    16 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords
    firewood kindling fuel log timber wood

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