Hanja Analyzer
薪

薪 — sin

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
섶 신
Romanization
sin
English
fuel, firewood; salary
Mandarin
xīn
Japanese on'yomi
シン
Japanese kun'yomi
たきぎ まき
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,182 of 2,500
Strokes
16
Radical
艸 (140, 13 residual)
Unicode
U+85AA

Parts that make up 薪

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 新 새 신 도끼로 나무를 베는 모양새롭다. ‘신’ 계열의 소리

How 薪 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 薪 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 新.

Korean example words with 薪

  • 신목薪木 Korean gloss: 잡초와 잡목을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 신수薪水 Korean gloss: 부모나 조부모와 같은 웃어른을 받들어 모심
  • 신탄薪炭 Korean gloss: 땔나무와 숯, 또는 석탄 따위를 이르는 말
  • 신탄비薪炭費 Korean gloss: 땔나무나 숯을 구입하는 데 드는 비용
  • 신탄림薪炭林 Korean gloss: 땔나무와 숯을 생산하기 위하여 가꾸는 삼림. 상수리나무나 떡갈나무의 삼림이 가장 가치가 크다
  • 시신柴薪 Korean gloss: 땔감이 되는 나무붙이.
  • 신채薪採 Korean gloss: 땔감이 되는 나무붙이.
  • 신초薪樵 Korean gloss: 땔감이 되는 나무붙이.
  • 여신輿薪 Korean gloss: 수레에 가득 실은 땔나무.
  • 신시薪柴 Korean gloss: 장작과 섶나무를 아울러 이르는 말.
  • 부신負薪 Korean gloss: 비천한 태생을 비유적으로 이르는 말.
  • 계신桂薪 Korean gloss: 땔나무의 값이 매우 비쌈을 이르는 말.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 薪

  • 薪まき piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
  • 薪炭しんたん wood and charcoal; fuel
  • 薪水しんすい fuel and water; firewood and water; gathering firewood and drawing water
  • 薪能たきぎのう noh theater performed at night by a fire
  • 御薪みかまぎ kindling burned in shrines and temples; special kindling used in samurai families during the Edo period for the 15th of the first month and painted with 12 brush strokes (13 on a lucky year); kindling offered by officials to the imperial court during the ritsuryō period
  • 柴薪さいしん brushwood and firewood
  • 薪拾いたきぎひろい firewood gathering
  • 薪割りまきわり hatchet; axe; wood-chopping
  • 薪小屋まきごや woodshed
  • 薪入れたきぎいれ wood basket; firewood bucket; log holder
  • 薪雑把まきざっぽう split firewood; firewood chunks; billet
  • 臥薪嘗胆がしんしょうたん going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance

Other hanja read “신”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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