IDENTITY
薪xīnfirewood; salary
HSK 6Top 1850
CORE MEANING
firewood; salary
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.firewoodHSK6
- 2.salaryHSK6
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 艹grass radical (cǎo)
- strokes
- 16
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱艹新
- plants
- gives the sound xīn
USAGE
Common words
薪水xīnshuisalary
加薪jiāxīnto get a raise
Graded examples
薪水和能力有关。Xīnshui hé nénglì yǒuguān.HSK6
Salary relates to ability.
RELATIONS
LEARNING
Memory aid
Plants (艹) cut fresh (新) for the fire — firewood.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #1850
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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