息 (xī): meaning and stroke order
息 (xī) means breath, news, interest (on an investment or loan), to cease, to stop, to rest, Taiwan pr..
息
- Simplified
- 息
- Traditional
- 息 (same form)
- Pinyin
- xī
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Stroke order of 息
息
- xī breath; news
- 10 strokes
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Meaning of 息
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xī
- breath
- news
- interest (on an investment or loan)
- to cease
- to stop
- to rest
- Taiwan pr. [xi2]
Radical and structure
- 息
- Radical 心 (Kangxi radical 61) · 10 strokes · 自 on top, 心 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 息
- 消息 xiāo xi (piece of) news; information; message
- 休息 xiū xi rest; to rest
- 信息 xìn xī information; news
- 消息来源 xiāo xi lái yuán web feed; news feed
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).