xi

news; to rest; breath

HSK 2 #428

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 428th character
Radical ⼼ (61.6)
Strokes 10
Index # 1973

Definitions

息 xī
  1. 1. news
  2. 2. to rest
  3. 3. breath
  4. 4. to stop
  5. 5. to cease
  6. 6. interest (on an investment or loan)
  7. 7. Taiwan pr.

Stroke order

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息 stroke order animation

Words containing 息

Word Meaning
to rest; rest
news; information
information; news; message
interest (on a loan)
to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism)
future prospects; to mature; to grow up
to work and rest
the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
to rest in peace; to rest; to go to sleep
to suffocate; to choke; to stifle
breath; smell; odor
lounge; lobby
information; message; news
to quieten down; to settle (a dispute); to suppress
to sigh; to gasp (in admiration)
dying; at one's last gasp
Stand at ease! (military); Taiwan pr. shāo xī
holographic
to gasp for breath; to take a breather
gossip; hearsay
to stop; to cease
closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
habitat
wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking
(of creatures in general) to inhabit; to dwell
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