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薪 means 'fuel'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 2192   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-42    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 10 words   Used in 13 words   Used in 19 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   シン
Kun
   たきぎ firewood
Additional readings
Kun    まき firewood
Components
⿱  艹 (艸) grass  新 new  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 薪 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 薪 is used 12 times, read 3 ways.
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シン : 5 words FIND ALL
し ん た ん 0
noun
wood and charcoal; fuel
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たきぎ : 5 words FIND ALL
た き ぎ 0
noun
1. firewood; kindling; fuel
2. piece(s) of firewood  (usu. まき)
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まき : 2 words FIND ALL
ま き わ り 0 ま き わ り 4
noun
1. hatchet; axe
2. wood-chopping; wood-splitting
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An additional 1 less common words include 薪 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1445  Joy o' Kanji : 1445  Key to Kanji: - 

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薪
シン    fuel   たきぎ firewood   
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新
シン   あたらしい    あらた    にい- new   
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亲
stand in the tree
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
斤
キン   axe
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丅
カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだる to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
⺁
cliff
艹
grass   
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