Dong Chinese dictionary

xuē

kind of marsh grass

A kind of bitter 辛 grass 艹

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

丿 Meaning component

piě

line

㠯 Meaning component

yǐ

by means of

辛 Meaning component

xīn

laborious

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xuē

kind of marsh grass; feudal state; wormwood like grass (classical)

Xuē

surname Xue; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)

Most common words with 薛

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	薛	surname Xue
	薛宝钗	Xue Baochai, female character in Dream of Red Mansions, married to Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉\|贾宝玉
	薛仁贵	Xue Rengui (614-683) great Tang dynasty general
	薛福成	Xue Fucheng (1838-1894), Qing official and progressive political theorist
	薛城	Xuecheng district of Zaozhuang city 棗莊市\|枣庄市[Zǎozhuāngshì], Shandong

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Sources