Chinese Character 薪 Meanings and components.

Form

薪

Meaning

薪 meaning[3] in English

Fuel.

Salary.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 薪 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 … (艹) , and abbr. for Xinjiang … (新)

Its radical[1] is: 艸 (cao3) which means: Variant Of 草[Cao3], .艸cao3variant of …

In cangjie it is written with TYDL

How to write 薪

To write薪xin1fuel you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 新xin1abbr. for … arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 新 = 薪

薪 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 薪 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 薪, looks as follow:

薪
Pinyin:xin1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Fuel . Salary
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
新
Pinyin:xin1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 Jiang1] Or Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 Jia1 Po1] . Surname Xin
亲
Pinyin:qin1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Parent . One'S Own (Flesh And Blood) . Relative . Related . Marriage . Bride . Close . Intimate . In Person . First-Hand . In Favor Of . Pro- . To Kiss . (Internet Slang) Dear
立
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
朩
Pinyin:deng3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: One Of The Characters Used In Kwukyel (Phonetic 'Pin'), An Ancient Korean Writing System
斤
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Catty . (Prc) Weight Equal To 500 G . (Tw) Weight Equal To 600 G . (Hk, Malaysia, Singapore) Slightly Over 604 G

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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