薪 — Chinese character
薪
xīn
fuel, firewood; salary
- Pinyin
- xīn
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- 艹 新
- Formation
- ideographic — Freshly-cut 新 wood 艹; 新 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 薪 as a kanji
Common words with 薪
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 薪水 | xīn shuǐ | salary; wage |
| 月薪 | yuè xīn | monthly income (in kind) |
| 薪资 (薪資) | xīn zī | salary |
| 薪酬 | xīn chóu | pay; remuneration |
| 加薪 | jiā xīn | to raise salary |
| 年薪 | nián xīn | annual salary |
| 高薪 | gāo xīn | high salary |
| 薪金 | xīn jīn | salary; wage |
| 带薪 (帶薪) | dài xīn | to receive one's regular salary (while on vacation, study leave etc); paid (leave) |
| 卧薪尝胆 (臥薪嘗膽) | wò xīn cháng dǎn | (lit.) to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾践 (Gōu jiàn), in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom); (fig.) to maintain one's re |
| 卧薪尝胆 (臥薪嚐膽) | wò xīn cháng dǎn | variant of 卧薪尝胆 (wò xīn cháng dǎn) |
| 工薪阶层 (工薪階層) | gōng xīn jiē céng | salaried class |
English words written with 薪
薪 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 5 · Zhuangzi 4
- Mencius 1A.7
- Mencius 2B.2
- Mencius 4B.31
- Mencius 6A.18
- Zhuangzi Nourishment of the Soul
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Zhuangzi Contingencies
- Zhuangzi Robber Chê
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