薛

xuē

x+üē·1st tone

wormwood like grass (classical)

Radical: 艹 Strokes: 16

Structure: Top small, bottom largeFrequency: Less common

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏薄荒若

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Character Decomposition

薛=艹+丿+㠯+辛

Etymology

A kind of bitter 辛 grass 艹

Meanings

wormwood like grass (classical)

xuē

surname Xue

vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)

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Words with 薛 24 total

Xue Ji (649-713), one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家薛稷Xuē Jì Xue Rengui (614-683) great Tang dynasty general薛仁贵Xuē Rén guì Xuecheng, a district of Zaozhuang City, Shandong薛城区Xuē chéng Qū Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961), Austrian physicist薛定谔Xuē dìng è Xue Baochai, female character in Dream of Red Mansions, married to Jia Baoyu薛宝钗Xuē Bǎo chāi Xue Juzheng (912-981), Song historian and compiler of History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song薛居正Xuē Jū zhèng Xue Fucheng (1838-1894), Qing official and progressive political theorist薛福成Xuē Fú chéng Artaxerxes亚达薛西Yà dá xuē xī Schrödinger's wave equation薛定谔方程Xuē dìng è fāng chéng

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