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息
xī
to end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath, rest; news
💡 Ideographic:
To breathe (life, 心) through one's nose 自; 心 also provides the pronunciation
HSK 2
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Very Common (4%)
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⿱自心
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zì
自
self; private, personal; from
📷 Pictographic:
A nose; in China, people refer to themselves by pointing to their noses
6 strokes
HSK 3
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Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
1 strokes
Words Using 息 (113)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
休息
↗
xiūxi
rest / to rest
2
xiūxi
休息
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HSK 2
rest / to rest
消息
↗
xiāoxi
news / information / CL:[[條|条<tiáo>]]
4
xiāoxi
消息
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HSK 4
news / information / CL:[[條|条<tiáo>]]
信息
↗
xìnxī
information / news / message
4
xìnxī
信息
↗
HSK 4
information / news / message
利息
↗
lìxī
interest (on a loan) / CL:[[筆|笔<bǐ>]]
5
lìxī
利息
↗
HSK 5
interest (on a loan) / CL:[[筆|笔<bǐ>]]
出息
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chūxi
future prospects / profit / to mature / to grow up
6
chūxi
出息
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HSK 6
future prospects / profit / to mature / to grow up
出息
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chūxī
to yield interest, profit etc / to exhale (Buddhism)
6
chūxī
出息
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HSK 6
to yield interest, profit etc / to exhale (Buddhism)
作息
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zuòxī
work and rest
6
zuòxī
作息
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HSK 6
work and rest
川流不息
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chuānliúbùxī
the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
6
chuānliúbùxī
川流不息
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HSK 6
the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
息
↗
xī
breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest / Taiwan pr. <xí>
xī
息
↗
breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest / Taiwan pr. <xí>
安息
↗
ānxī
to rest / to go to sleep / to rest in peace / (history) Parthia
ānxī
安息
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to rest / to go to sleep / to rest in peace / (history) Parthia