Character Contained In References Comments
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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
新 艸 ⿱艹新
Mandarin
xin1
English
Definitions
fuel; salary; firewood
Mnemonic
Newly cut branches 新 with plant radical 艸 added redundantly
Etymology
Notes
Probably the original meaning of 新