薪: Fuel; Firewood; KindlingKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (シン)

• 薪炭しんたんwood and charcoal; fuel
• 柴薪さいしんbrushwood and firewood
• 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
• 薪水しんすいfuel and water; firewood and water
• 薪水の労しんすいのろうmenial services (e.g. kitchen work); serving one's master unsparingly
• 薪水給与令しんすいきゅうよれいOrder for the Provision of Firewood and Water (1842)

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 薪まきpiece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs)
• 薪いれたきぎいれwood basket; firewood bucket
• 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
• 薪入れたきぎいれwood basket; firewood bucket
• 薪割まきわりhatchet; axe
• 薪割りまきわりhatchet; axe
• 薪小屋まきごやwoodshed
• 薪拾いたきぎひろいfirewood gathering
• 薪能たきぎのうnoh theater performed at night by a fire

Other readings

• 御薪みかまぎkindling burned in shrines and temples

Kanji that often appear with 薪

• 水
• 割
• 炭
• 御
• 胆
• 抱
• 火
• 救
• 入