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息

xī

xī · sik1 (Jyutping)

  1. (bound form) breath
  2. (bound form) to cease; to stop
  3. (bound form) to rest
  4. (bound form) news
  5. (bound form) interest (on money)
  6. (bound form) to grow; to multiply
  7. (literary) one's child
  8. Taiwan pr. [xi2]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

息

Meaning
rest, put stop to, end, cease
Radical
心
Strokes
10
Components
⿱自心
Cangjie
HUP
Four-corner
2633.0

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