薪

薪 U+85AA, 薪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85AA ← 薩 [U+85A9] CJK Unified Ideographs 薫 → [U+85AB]

薪 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 17 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 16 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿卜木中 (TYDL), four-corner 4492₁, composition ⿱艹新)

• 𬅋

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1062, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32149
• Dae Jaweon: page 1526, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3306, character 3
• Unihan data for U+85AA

trad.		薪
simp. #		薪

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *siŋ) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 新 (OC *siŋ).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *siŋ ~ sik (“wood”). Cognate with Tibetan ཤིང (shing, “tree, wood”) and Burmese သစ် (sac, “log, timber, wood”). Compare its phonetic component 新 (OC *siŋ, “new”) and Burmese သစ် (sac, “new”).

薪

1. firewood; fuelwood; brushwood

   釜底抽薪  ―  fǔdǐchōuxīn  ―  to extract the firewood from under the cauldron; to take drastic measures to deal with a situation [idiom]

2. salary; wage

   月薪  ―  yuèxīn  ―  monthly salary

(Jōyō kanji)

1. firewood; kindling

• On (unclassified): しん (shin, Jōyō)
• Kun: たきぎ (takigi, 薪, Jōyō)、まき (maki, 薪)

Kanji in this term
薪
たきぎ Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 薪 – see the following entry.

【たきぎ】 [noun] kindling; firewood Alternative spelling 焚き木

(This term, 薪, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Kanji in this term
薪
まき Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 薪 – see the following entry.

【まき】 [noun] firewood

(This term, 薪, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

薪 • (sin) (hangeul 신, revised sin, McCune–Reischauer sin, Yale sin)

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薪: Hán Việt readings: tân^[1][2][3][4]
薪: Nôm readings: tân^[1]

1. chữ Hán form of tân (“firewood, grass, a salary or bonus”).