薛
Xue1
#1,950 most
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surname Xue
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
薛 xuē has 艹 plants as the meaning part and a sound part. It first meant a plant kind, then wormwood-like grass. The Zhōu state sense came by sound loan, not from plants. It is also read xiē.
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