薛
wormwood like grass (classical)
16 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,036 U+859B
How 薛 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A kind of bitter 辛 grass 艹
How to remember it
Xue · Heisig RSH #3005
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 薛 as their sound component
These characters all use 薛 (xuē) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 薛 sound component | xuē | wormwood, marsh grass; a feudal state |
| 孽 | niè | bastard child; the consequence of a sin; evil |
| 蘖 | niè | stump, sprout |
Words containing 薛
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亚达薛西 | Yà dá xuē xī | Artaxerxes |
| 薛城区 | Xuē chéng Qū | Xuecheng, a district of Zaozhuang City 棗莊市|枣庄市[Zao3 zhuang1 Shi4], Shandong |
| 薛福成 | Xuē Fú chéng | Xue Fucheng (1838-1894), Qing official and progressive political theorist |
| 薛居正 | Xuē Jū zhèng | Xue Juzheng (912-981), Song historian and compiler of History of the Five Dynasties betwee… |
| 薛仁贵 | Xuē Rén guì | Xue Rengui (614-683) great Tang dynasty general |
| 薛城 | Xuē chéng | see 薛城區|薛城区[Xue1 cheng2 Qu1] |
| 薛定谔方程 | Xuē dìng è fāng chéng | Schrödinger's wave equation |
| 薛定谔 | Xuē dìng è | Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961), Austrian physicist |
| 薛宝钗 | Xuē Bǎo chāi | Xue Baochai, female character in Dream of Red Mansions, married to Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉 |
| 薛稷 | Xuē Jì | Xue Ji (649-713), one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 j… |