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

息 stroke order diagram
息 stroke order animation

Words containing 息

Word Meaning
to lower the interest rate
wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking
fight on while alive; never give up
keep fighting as long as one lives
in a flash; twinkling; ephemeral
in a flash; twinkling; ephemeral
in a flash; in the wink of an eye
in a flash; in the wink of an eye
changing very fast; changing all the time
choking agent
choking agent
Management Information Base; MIB
Management Information Base; MIB
sound (often with negative, not a sound); whisper
pulse
pulse
to strive unremittingly; self-improvement
variable with the times; transient; impermanent
variable with the times; transient; impermanent
information; message; news
information source
information source
to discount the interest on a bill of exchange
to discount the interest on a bill of exchange
to divulge secrets