薪 = 艹 + 新

薪 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “fuel”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 新 (new).

Keyword: fuel
Pinyin (Mandarin): xīn
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: fuel, firewood, дрова, топливо, firewood
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 薪 firewood

Decomposition

ids

艹 grass
新 new

How to find 薪 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “new”. 薪 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 薪 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.