Vita:息

Parts

• 息 610 breath
  • 自 36 nose (oneself)
    • ⼂ * drop (a drop of, drop of, eye-dropper)
    • 目 15 eye (eyeball)
  • 心 595 heart

KANJIDIC Entry

• 息 4229 U606f B132 C61 G3 S10 F882 N3844 V1850 H2647 DK1693 L610 K872 O1224 DO628 MN10601 MP4.1045 E332 IN1242 DS454 DH351 DT359 DJ1118 DG782 P2-6-4 I4k6.17 Q2633.0 DR858 Yxi1 Yxi2 Wsig ソク いき {breath} {respiration} {son} {interest (on money)}

EDICT Entries

ドラ息子 [ドラむすこ] / (n) lazy son / profligate son / (P) /

• 一人息子 [ひとりむすこ] / (n) an only son / (P) /
• 休息 [きゅうそく] / (n,vs) rest / relief / relaxation / (P) /
• 子息 [しそく] / (n) (hon) son / (P) /
• 終息 [しゅうそく] / (n,vi,vs) having just ended / being resolved / (P) /
• 消息 [しょうそく] / (n) news / letter / circumstances / (P) /
• 消息筋 [しょうそくすじ] / (n) informed circles / (P) /
• 寝息 [ねいき] / (n) sleeper's breathing / (P) /
• 生息 [せいそく] / (n,vs) inhabiting / living / (P) /
• 生息地 [せいそくち] / (n) habitat / home (e.g., of the tiger) / (P) /
• 息 [いき] / (n) breath / tone / (P) /
• 息子 [むすこ] / (n) (hum) son / (P) /
• 息吹 [いぶき] / (n) breath / (P) /
• 息切れ [いきぎれ] / (n) shortness of breath / (P) /
• 嘆息 [たんそく] / (n) sigh / grief / deploring / (P) /
• 窒息 [ちっそく] / (n,vs) suffocation / (P) /
• 鼻息 [はないき] / (n) nasal breathing / person's pleasure / (P) /
• 利息 [りそく] / (n) interest (bank) / (P) /
• 溜め息 [ためいき] / (n) (uk) a sigh / (P) /

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Meta

1. Frequency: 428 out of 9933.

Decomposition

Once

• 息 => 自, 心

Radical

• 息 => 自 (self) , 心 (heart)

Graphical

• 息 => 口,二,丶,𠁼,㇃

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xi1 - news/interest/breath/rest/Taiwan pr. [xi2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 息 (xi1): The component 心 is pronounced as 'xin1'.
2. Pronunciation clue for 息 (xi1): The component 自 is pronounced as 'zi4'.

Example Words

High Frequency

• 休息
• 信息
• 消息

Medium Frequency

• 作息
• 出息
• 叹息 (嘆息)
• 息
• 气息 (氣息)
• 窒息

Appears In

• 息 also appears in:
• 媳熄螅鎴