薪 — kanji meaning “fuel”
薪
fuel, firewood, kindling
- Meanings
- fuel, firewood, kindling
- On'yomi
- シン (shin)
- Kun'yomi
- たきぎ、まき
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2182 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- xīn — Chinese character page
Words with 薪
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 薪炭 | しんたん shintan | wood and charcoal; fuel |
| 薪割り | まきわり makiwari | hatchet; axe |
| 臥薪嘗胆 | がしんしょうたん gashinshoutan | going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance |
| 薪能 | たきぎのう takiginou | noh theater performed at night by a fire |
| 薪水 | しんすい shinsui | fuel and water; firewood and water |
| 薪拾い | たきぎひろい takigihiroi | firewood gathering |
| 薪小屋 | まきごや makigoya | woodshed |
| 御薪 | みかまぎ mikamagi | kindling burned in shrines and temples |
| 薪水の労 | しんすいのろう shinsuinorou | menial services (e.g. kitchen work); serving one's master unsparingly |
| 薪入れ | たきぎいれ takigiire | wood basket; firewood bucket; log holder |
| 柴薪 | さいしん saishin | brushwood and firewood |
| 薪雑把 | まきざっぽう makizappou | split firewood; firewood chunks; billet |
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