薛

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 16

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xuē
Cantonese: sit3
JapaneseKun: KAWARAYOMOGI HAMASUGE
JapaneseOn: SETSU SECHI
Korean: SEL

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: kind of marsh grass; feudal state

CE-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)