息
息
“to end”
Radical: 心
Strokes: 10
Level: HSK 2
How 息 is built — stacked top over bottom
自
self
self; private, personal; from
心
Heart · xīn
The heart with its chambers. Feelings and thinking use it: 想 爱 忙 快.
Origin
To breathe (life, 心) through one's nose 自; 心 also provides the pronunciation
Words with 息
休息 xiūxi — to rest
消息 xiāo xi — news
利息 lì xī — interest (on a loan)
信息 xìn xī — information
出息 chū xi — promise
川流不息 chuān liú bù xī — the stream flows without stopping (idiom)
作息 zuò xī — work and rest
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