薪

fuel

Stroke count: 16

Readings

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Kun readingたきぎ、まき

Grade 8KANJIDIC

RadicalComponents

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fuel · flowers (艹) · new · red pepper · stand up (立) · vase · tree (木) · wood (木) · axe (斤)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1620

臥薪嘗胆がしんしょうたん

going through thick and thin to attain one's objective

薪水しんすい

fuel and water

薪炭しんたん

wood and charcoal

薪拾いたきぎひろい

firewood gathering

薪割りまきわり

hatchet

薪能たきぎのう

noh theater performed at night by a fire

薪小屋まきごや

woodshed

御薪みかまぎ

kindling burned in shrines and temples

16 strokes