薛(xuē)

16 strokes

surname Xue

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Character information

Pinyin
xuē
Meaning
surname Xue; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)
Strokes
16
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 薛 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱艹⿰⿱丿㠯辛

A kind of bitter 辛 grass 艹

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

艹ǎo丿piě㠯辛xīn

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 薛 step by step

16 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 薛

Common words using 薛 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

xuē薛chéng城

Xuecheng district of Zaozhuang city 枣庄市, Shandong

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xuē薛jì稷

Xue Ji (649-713), one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2…

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xuē薛rén仁guì贵

Xue Rengui (614-683) great Tang dynasty general

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xuē薛dìng定è谔

Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961), Austrian physicist

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Related characters

From 薛’s common words

城稷仁贵定谔

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