薪
(literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary
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How 薪 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Freshly-cut 新 wood 艹; 新 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
fuel · Heisig RSH #1190
flower + 新 new
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 薪
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 薪火相传 | xīn huǒ xiāng chuán | lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom); fig. (of know… |
| 发薪日 | fā xīn rì | payday |
| 工薪族 | gōng xīn zú | salaried class |
| 薪尽火传 | xīn jìn huǒ chuán | see 薪火相傳|薪火相传[xin1 huo3 xiang1 chuan2] |
| 无薪假 | wú xīn jià | unpaid leave; leave without pay |
| 杯水车薪 | bēi shuǐ chē xīn | lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate meas… |
| 薪水 | xīn shuǐ | salary; wage |
| 薪金 | xīn jīn | salary; wage |
| 高薪 | gāo xīn | high salary |
| 发薪 | fā xīn | to pay wages or salary |
| 带薪休假 | dài xīn xiū jià | paid leave |
| 日薪 | rì xīn | daily wage |
| 时薪 | shí xīn | hourly wage |
| 加薪 | jiā xīn | to raise salary |
| 年薪 | nián xīn | annual salary |
| 起薪 | qǐ xīn | starting salary |
| 工薪阶层 | gōng xīn jiē céng | salaried class |
| 薪传 | xīn chuán | (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to ano… |
| 月薪 | yuè xīn | monthly income (in kind) |
| 带薪 | dài xīn | to receive one's regular salary (while on vacation, study leave etc); paid (leave); on ful… |