薪

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(literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

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

Components 艹新

fuel · Heisig RSH #1190

flower + 新 new

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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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…