Readings

Kana: シン、たきぎ、まき
Romaji: shin, takigi, maki
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

fuel, firewood, kindling

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  140
Frequency:  2182
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-3-13
Korean Reading:  sin
Chinese Reading:  xin1
Unicode:  85aa
JIS:  3F45

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2374
Nelson Index: 4069
New Nelson Index: 5222
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k13.3
Four Corner Index: 4492.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 1445
Gakken Index: 2024
Daikanwanjiten Index: 32149P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0963
Remembering the kanji Index: 1503
Kodansha Compact Index: 669
Kanji in Context Index: 1838
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1538
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2098
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1517
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1620
Essential Kanji Index: 1560
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3009
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1954
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1848

Words

(まき、たきぎ)
firewood; kindling; fuel; piece(s) of firewood
薪割り (まきわり)
hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting
薪水 (しんすい)
fuel and water; firewood and water; gathering firewood and drawing water; kitchen work; housework
薪を抱いて火を救う (たきぎをいだいてひをすくう)
having one's good intentions backfire dangerously; causing harm when trying to prevent it; trying to put out a fire while carrying kindling
薪水の労 (しんすいのろう)
menial services (e.g. kitchen work); serving one's master unsparingly
臥薪嘗胆 (がしんしょうたん)
going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance
薪拾い (たきぎひろい)
firewood gathering
薪炭 (しんたん)
wood and charcoal; fuel
薪小屋 (まきごや、たきぎごや)
woodshed
薪水給与令 (しんすいきゅうよれい)
Order for the Provision of Firewood and Water (1842)
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