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Xue

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
xuē
セツ
설
A kind of bitter 辛 grass 艹
Components
艹 grass (top)+ 丿 slash+ 㠯 by-means-of (archaic)+ 辛 peppery =
薛 Xue
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
丿 Meaning component
piě slash
line
㠯 Meaning component
yǐ by-means-of (archaic)
according to
辛 Meaning component
xīn peppery
bitter
Notes
Similar Characters
莘 numerous春 springtime甍 rafters supporting roof盖 hide (simp)着 arrive/wear繭 cocoon (trad/jp)艺 art (simp)艻 sweet basil艽 a root艾 Chinese mugwort艿 taro节 knot (simp)芄 Metaplexis stauntoni芊 exuberant and vigorous芋 taro芍 peony芎 a kind of herb芏 Cyperus malaccensis芑 white millet芒 mango
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Bronze
Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
薛
Regular
Modern
Chinese
薛 [Xuē]
surname Xue; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)
薛 [xuē]
wormwood like grass (classical)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
薛 せつ
Setsu surname
薛 どん
Don surname
CHINESE WORDS (16)
薛宝钗 [Xuē​Bǎo​chāi] #44,601
Xue Baochai, female character in Dream of Red Mansions, married to Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
薛宝钗 [Xuē​Bǎo​chāi] #44,601
Xue Baochai, female character in Dream of Red Mansions, married to Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
薛仁贵 [Xuē​Rén​guì] #47,598
Xue Rengui (614-683) great Tang dynasty general
薛仁贵 [Xuē​Rén​guì] #47,598
Xue Rengui (614-683) great Tang dynasty general
薛福成 [Xuē​Fú​chéng] #55,069
Xue Fucheng (1838-1894), Qing official and progressive political theorist
薛城 [Xuē​chéng] #62,757
Xuecheng district of Zaozhuang city 棗莊市|枣庄市[Zǎo​zhuāng​shì], Shandong
薛城区 [Xuē​chéng​qū] #64,478
Xuecheng district of Zaozhuang city 棗莊市|枣庄市[Zǎo​zhuāng​shì], Shandong
薛城区 [Xuē​chéng​qū] #64,478
Xuecheng district of Zaozhuang city 棗莊市|枣庄市[Zǎo​zhuāng​shì], Shandong
薛居正 [Xuē​Jū​zhèng] #67,340
Xue Juzheng (912-981), Song historian and compiler of History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 舊五代史|旧五代史
亚达薛西 [Yà​dá​xuē​xī]
Artaxerxes
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