薛
Information about character(s)
Radical: 艸Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 16
Pronunciation
Pinyin: xuēCantonese: sit3
JapaneseKun: KAWARAYOMOGI HAMASUGE
JapaneseOn: SETSU SECHI
Korean: SEL
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: kind of marsh grass; feudal stateCE-Dict: wormwood like grass (classical)
21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a kind of marsh grass
2.name of an ancient state in today's Shantung Province
3.a Chinese family name
說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》薛 艸也。从艸辥聲。
康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】 薛
【唐韻】【正韻】𠀤私列切,音洩。【玉篇】莎也。【司馬相如·子虛賦】薛莎靑薠。【註】薛,藾蒿也。 又國名。【濳夫論】夏之興,有仕奚爲夏車正,以封於薛。【春秋·隱十一年】滕侯、薛侯來朝。 又姓。【通志·氏族略】薛氏有三:奚仲之後,以國爲氏。又叱干氏攺爲薛,又有遼西薛氏。
CF-Dict: (nom de famille)
Han-De-Dict: Wermut (u.E.) (S)/Xue (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)