薪	262B25   20A.22-6	部居	畫數  17	ㄒㄧㄣ [xin1] .
N	(1)  Fuel, firewood: 米珠薪桂 high food prices (“rice like pearl, fuel like cinnamon”); 負薪請罪 be contrite and ask for pardon, (allu.) carry firewood (rod) and ask to be spanked; 薪傳 carry the fire of learning from teacher to pupil. (2)  Salary: 薪金，薪俸 [xin1jin1], [xin1feng4]↓.
Words	1.薪俸 [xin1feng4], n., salary.  2.薪火 [xin1huo3], n., (1)  torch; (2)  the torch of learning handed from teacher to pupil.  3.薪金 [xin1jin1], n., salary.  4.薪水 [xin1shui3], n., ditto.