The kanji 薪: meaning, readings and stroke order

薪

Meaning: firewood
On reading: シン shin
Kun reading: たきぎ takigi
Strokes: 16
Radical: 艸 grass
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: củi (tân)
Japanese: たきぎ。もやすき。
Korean: 땔감, 장작 (신)
Chinese: 柴、木柴

Readings, words and example sentences

シン shin · on reading · less common

薪しん炭たん
firewood and charcoal
むかしは 薪しん炭たんを使いました。
Long ago, people used firewood and charcoal.

たきぎ takigi · kun reading

薪たきぎ
firewood
山で 薪たきぎを集めます。
We gather firewood in the mountains.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.