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薪 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

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4Junior high level ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
シンしん · shin
Kun
たきぎ・まきtakigi · maki
Meaning
firewood

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

艹 "plant" with 新 "new": freshly cut branches — firewood.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシンしんshin薪炭しんたん薪水しんすい
Kunたきぎtakigi薪たきぎ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 薪炭しんたん

    firewood and charcoal

  • 薪たきぎ

    firewood

More words with this kanji

  • 臥薪嘗胆がしんしょうたん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

山(やま)で薪(たきぎ)を集(あつ)めた。

We gathered firewood on the mountain.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading シンAll maps

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