薪
firewood; fuel; kindling
16 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 2182.
Readings
- まき (kun reading): 薪 (まき) piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); 薪割り (まきわり) hatchet
- シン (on reading): 薪炭 (しんたん) wood and charcoal; 臥薪嘗胆 (がしんしょうたん) going through thick and thin to attain one's objective
- たきぎ (kun reading): 薪能 (たきぎのう) noh theater performed at night by a fire; 薪拾い (たきぎひろい) firewood gathering
- Read as a whole word: 御薪 (みかまぎ) kindling burned in shrines and temples
Components
- 艹
- 新
- 亠 radical lid
- 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
- ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸
- 斤 radical axe
- 木 radical tree
- 立 radical stand
- 辛 radical bitter; spicy
Words using 薪
- 薪 (まき) piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs)
- 薪割り (まきわり) hatchet
- 薪小屋 (まきごや) woodshed
- 薪ストーブ (まきストーブ) wood-burning stove
- 薪雑把 (まきざっぽう) split firewood
- 薪炭 (しんたん) wood and charcoal
- 臥薪嘗胆 (がしんしょうたん) going through thick and thin to attain one's objective
- 薪水 (しんすい) fuel and water
- 薪水給与令 (しんすいきゅうよれい) Order for the Provision of Firewood and Water (1842)
- 薪水の労 (しんすいのろう) menial services (e.g. kitchen work)
- 薪能 (たきぎのう) noh theater performed at night by a fire
- 薪拾い (たきぎひろい) firewood gathering
- 薪を抱いて火を救う (たきぎをいだいてひをすくう) having one's good intentions backfire dangerously
- 薪入れ (たきぎいれ) wood basket
- 御薪 (みかまぎ) kindling burned in shrines and temples
16 words in all.