薪(xīn)

HSK 616 strokes

(literary) firewood

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Character information

Pinyin
xīn
Meaning
(literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary
Strokes
16
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 薪 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱艹新

Freshly-cut 新 wood 艹; 新 also provides the pronunciation

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

Made of

艹ǎo新xīn

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 薪 step by step

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

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Words with 薪

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

xīn薪shuǐ水
HSK 6

salary

Open 薪水 page →
nián年xīn薪
HSK 7-9

annual salary

Open 年薪 page →
jiā加xīn薪

to raise salary

Open 加薪 page →
dài带xīn薪

to receive one's regular salary (while on vacation, study leave etc); paid …

Open 带薪 page →
cuò厝huǒ火jī积xīn薪

lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom)

Open 厝火积薪 page →
gōng工xīn薪zú族

salaried class

Open 工薪族 page →
gōng工xīn薪jiē阶céng层

salaried class

Open 工薪阶层 page →
dài带xīn薪xiū休jià假

paid leave

Open 带薪休假 page →

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水年加带厝火积工

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