薪
xīn
#2,162 most
frequent character
(literary) firewood, fuel
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
薪 xīn combines 艹 plants with 新 xīn, a picture of cutting firewood that also sounds like the word. Plants plus cut wood give original 'firewood'; later it meant fuel, then salary.
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