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    3. 薪

    薪

    薪たきぎ

    fuel

    N1KMT10Freq #2182Nature & EnvironmentKanji16 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    たきぎまき

    On'yomi

    シン

    fuelfirewoodkindling

    艹新

    艹
    亠
    立
    木
    斤

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    芹蔀噺菩薬藁蘗蘖蔀菩藁蘗薜噺苙莅芹薩薦薬蘖蒡蔬蕀薤薨薛薐薺蕚餝新

    Alternative forms of this concept

    䒑
    艸

    Concepts using this kanji

    薪

    piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs)

    薪水の労

    menial services (e.g. kitchen work)

    薪水給与令

    Order for the Provision of Firewood and Water (1842)

    薪小屋

    woodshed

    薪入れ

    wood basket

    薪水

    fuel and water

    薪能

    noh theater performed at night by a fire

    薪を抱いて火を救う

    having one's good intentions backfire dangerously

    薪割り

    hatchet

    御薪

    kindling burned in shrines and temples

    薪拾い

    firewood gathering

    柴薪

    brushwood and firewood

    薪ストーブ

    wood-burning stove

    薪炭

    wood and charcoal

    臥薪嘗胆

    going through thick and thin to attain one's objective

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 亠
    • 斤
    • 木
    • 立
    • 艹

    is_used_in

    • 臥薪嘗胆
    • 薪
    • 薪水
    • 薪炭
    • 薪拾い
    • 薪割り
    • 薪能
    • 薪小屋
    • 御薪
    • 薪を抱いて火を救う
    • 薪水の労
    • 薪水給与令
    • 薪入れ
    • 柴薪
    • 薪ストーブ

    Similar concepts

    • 芹
    • 蔀
    • 噺
    • 菩
    • 薬
    • 藁
    • 蘗
    • 蘖
    • 薜
    • 苙
    • 莅
    • 薩
    • 薦
    • 蒡
    • 蔬
    • 蕀
    • 薤
    • 薨
    • 薛
    • 薐
    • 薺
    • 蕚
    • 餝
    • 新

    Variants

    • 䒑
    • 艸

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