Read Edit View history Discussion 薪 xīn HSK6 firewood Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 新 represents the sound. Originally written as 新. Pinyin Separate values with commas xīn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 艹 is a component form of 艸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 薪 Simp strokes 薪 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 薪 Simp strokes 薪 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 薪 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 196, 716 ], [ 252, 708 ], [ 283, 710 ], [ 451, 732 ], [ 733, 758 ], [ 786, 755 ], [ 828, 740 ] ], [ [ 360, 809 ], [ 398, 780 ], [ 420, 651 ] ], [ [ 601, 863 ], [ 615, 856 ], [ 634, 827 ], [ 606, 723 ], [ 571, 635 ] ], [ [ 300, 651 ], [ 382, 604 ] ], [ [ 201, 551 ], [ 259, 548 ], [ 426, 585 ], [ 468, 585 ] ], [ [ 228, 488 ], [ 260, 452 ], [ 272, 428 ] ], [ [ 397, 551 ], [ 419, 529 ], [ 392, 455 ], [ 384, 447 ], [ 385, 436 ], [ 369, 420 ] ], [ [ 129, 363 ], [ 154, 356 ], [ 196, 358 ], [ 402, 406 ], [ 459, 414 ], [ 482, 409 ] ], [ [ 162, 257 ], [ 198, 252 ], [ 420, 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