薪

薪	U+85AA, 薪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85AA

Han character

薪 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+13, 17 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 16 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿卜木中 (TYDL), four-corner 4492₁, composition ⿱艹新)

Derived characters

𬅋

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1062, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32149
Dae Jaweon: page 1526, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3306, character 3
Unihan data for U+85AA

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trad.		薪
simp. ^#		薪

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Glyph origin

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	Old Chinese
親	sʰin, sʰins
寴	sʰin, sʰins
儭	sʰins, sʰrins
瀙	sʰins, ʔsrin, *sʰrins
辛	*siŋ
新	*siŋ
薪	*siŋ
襯	*sʰrins
櫬	*sʰrins
嚫	*t͡sʰrinh
莘	*sriŋ
騂	*seŋ
垶	*seŋ
觪	*seŋ

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Characters in the same phonetic series (辛) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *siŋ) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 新 (OC *siŋ).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *siŋ ~ sik (“wood”). Cognate with Tibetan ཤིང (shing, “tree, wood”) and Burmese သစ် (sac, “log, timber, wood”). Compare its phonetic component 新 (OC *siŋ, “new”) and Burmese သစ် (sac, “new”).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character	薪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息鄰切
Baxter	sin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/sin/
Shao Rongfen	/sjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sin/
Li Rong	/siĕn/
Wang Li	/sĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	san¹

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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	薪
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xīn
Middle Chinese	‹ sin ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]i[n]/
English	firewood
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

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Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薪
Reading #	1/1
No.	13812
Phonetic component	辛
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	新
Old Chinese	/*siŋ/

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Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīn (xin¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sîn

(Hailu, HRS): sin^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): sĭng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sin

(Teochew, Peng'im): zing¹ / sing¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sin
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹
  - Yale: syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shin
  - Palladius: синь (sinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: san¹
  - Yale: sān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: xin^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sin²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: sin^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /sin⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin
  - Tâi-lô: sin
  - Phofsit Daibuun: syn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zing¹ / sing¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsing / sing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ³³/, /siŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹shin
  - MiniDict: shin^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin⁵³/

Middle Chinese: sin

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]i[n]/

(Zhengzhang): /*siŋ/

Definitions

薪

firewood; fuelwood; brushwood
釜底抽薪 ― fǔdǐchōuxīn ― to extract the firewood from under the cauldron; to take drastic measures to deal with a situation [idiom]
salary; wage
月薪 ― yuèxīn ― monthly salary

Compounds

乾薪 / 干薪 (gānxīn)
以蠟代薪 / 以蜡代薪
伐薪
低薪
凍薪 / 冻薪 (dòngxīn)
加薪 (jiāxīn)
半薪
厝火積薪 / 厝火积薪 (cuòhuǒjīxīn)
厝薪於火 / 厝薪于火
反裘負薪 / 反裘负薪
嘗膽臥薪 / 尝胆卧薪
噬指棄薪 / 噬指弃薪
坐薪嘗膽 / 坐薪尝胆
坐薪懸膽 / 坐薪悬胆
工薪 (gōngxīn)
年薪 (niánxīn)
底薪 (dǐxīn)
把薪助火
抱火臥薪 / 抱火卧薪
抱薪救火 (bàoxīn-jiùhuǒ)
抱薪救焚
抽薪止沸
披裘負薪 / 披裘负薪
支薪
救火投薪
曲突徙薪 (qūtūxǐxīn)
月薪 (yuèxīn)
未焚徙薪
本薪
束薪
杯水車薪 / 杯水车薪
枉突徙薪
析薪
柴薪 (cháixīn)
栗薪
欠薪 (qiànxīn)
減薪 / 减薪 (jiǎnxīn)
烏薪 / 乌薪
無薪假 / 无薪假 (wúxīnjià)
燃糠照薪
留職停薪 / 留职停薪
發薪 / 发薪 (fāxīn)
稱薪而爨 / 称薪而爨
稱薪量水 / 称薪量水
積薪厝火 / 积薪厝火
米珠薪桂
粒米束薪
索薪
臥薪嘗膽 / 卧薪尝胆 (wòxīnchángdǎn)
荊薪 / 荆薪
薪俸 (xīnfèng)
薪傳 / 薪传 (xīnchuán)
薪儲之費 / 薪储之费
薪桂米珠
薪樵
薪水 (xīnshuǐ)
薪津
薪火 (xīnhuǒ)
薪火相傳 / 薪火相传 (xīnhuǒxiāngchuán)
薪盡火傳 / 薪尽火传 (xīnjìnhuǒchuán)
薪給 / 薪给 (xīnjǐ)
薪資 / 薪资 (xīnzī)
薪酬 (xīnchóu)
薪金 (xīnjīn)
薪餉 / 薪饷 (xīnxiǎng)
調薪 / 调薪
負薪 / 负薪
負薪之憂 / 负薪之忧
負薪之疾 / 负薪之疾
負薪之病 / 负薪之病
負薪之議 / 负薪之议
負薪之資 / 负薪之资
負薪救火 / 负薪救火
負薪裘 / 负薪裘
買臣負薪 / 买臣负薪
起薪 (qǐxīn)
輿薪 / 舆薪
週薪 / 周薪
采薪之憂
采薪之疾
釜底抽薪 (fǔdǐchōuxīn)
降薪 (jiàngxīn)
雙薪家庭 / 双薪家庭
霜舂雨薪
高薪 (gāoxīn)
鬼薪

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Kanji

薪

(Jōyō kanji)

firewood; kindling

Readings

On (unclassified): しん (shin, Jōyō)
Kun: たきぎ (takigi, 薪, Jōyō)、まき (maki, 薪)

Etymology 1

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薪
たきぎ Grade: S
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【たきぎ】

[noun] kindling; firewood

Alternative spelling
焚き木

(This term, 薪, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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薪
まき Grade: S
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【まき】	[noun] firewood

(This term, 薪, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Hanja

薪 • (sin) (hangeul 신, revised sin, McCune–Reischauer sin, Yale sin)

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Han character

薪: Hán Việt readings: tân^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
薪: Nôm readings: tân^[1]

chữ Hán form of tân (“firewood, grass, a salary or bonus”).

References

[gdhn-1] [1]
Trần (2004).

[tvctdhv-2] [2]
Trần (1999).

[hvttd-3] [3]
Nguyễn (1974).

[tchvtd-4] [4]
Thiều Chửu (1942).

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薪

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