薪

Information about character(s)

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

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xīn
Cantonese: san1
JapaneseKun: TAKIGI
JapaneseOn: SHIN
Korean: SIN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: fuel, firewood; salary

CE-Dict: fuel/salary

Soothill: Fuel, firewood; wages.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.firewood
2.salary

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: firewood; salary

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: firewood; salary

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》薪蕘也。从艸新聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】薪
【唐韻】息鄰切【韻會】斯人切，𠀤音新。【說文】蕘也。又柴也。【詩·齊風】析薪如之何。【禮·月令】季秋草木黃落，乃伐薪爲炭。【周禮·地官·甸師註】大木曰薪。　又草亦曰薪。【孟子】毀傷其薪木。【趙岐註】恐其傷我薪草樹木也。　又采薪亦曰薪。【前漢·𠛬法志】罪人獄已決完，爲城旦舂，滿三歲爲鬼薪、白粲。
考證：〔【禮·月令】乃代薪爲炭。〕　謹照原文代薪改伐薪。

Japanese Places Takigi (loc)

CF-Dict: bois de chauffage/salaire

Han-De-Dict: Brennmaterial, Brennmittel (u.E.) (S)/Gehalt (u.E.) (S)/Bezahlung (u.E.)