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薪xīn

fuel, firewood; salary. 16 strokes, radical 艹, first met in HSK 6.

Pinyin xīnStrokes 16Radical 艹Band HSK 6Words 1

How to write 薪

Strokes 1–3 write 艹, then strokes 4–16 write 新.

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Stroke order chart for 薪 — 16 strokes, radical 艹

Write 薪 on the grid

Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 薪 · the stroke-order rules

What 薪 is made of

艹 (cǎo, grass) and 新 (xīn, new).

Freshly-cut 新 wood 艹; 新 also provides the pronunciation.

Words that use 薪

薪(xīn)水(shui) salary
指按期发给的工作报酬

他们放弃了城里更高的薪水。They gave up a higher salary in the city.

Lesson 665, 山区新人 · 明法正理与清源溯本 · Jurisprudential Integrity & Deep Logic

More characters with the radical 艹

All 30 of them, and what the radical means, on the 艹 radical page.

菜cài茶chá草cǎo节jié花huā蓝lán药yào英yīng苹píng营yíng苦kǔ范fàn艺yì落luò蕉jiāo薄báo获huò著zhù荣róng葡pú萄tao蔬shū藏cáng茄qié苏sū蒙méng若ruò薯shǔ菌jūn