薰 — Chinese character
薰
xūn
a medicinal herb; to cauterize
- Pinyin
- xūn
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 18
- Components
- 艹 熏
- Formation
- pictophonetic — herb; meaning component 艹; sound component 熏
- Japanese
- 薰 as a kanji
Common words with 薰
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 薰衣草 | xūn yī cǎo | lavender (genus Lavandula) |
| 香薰 | xiāng xūn | aromatherapy |
English words written with 薰
薰 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 4
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.