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Translingual
Han character
息 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹山心 (HUP), four-corner 26330, composition ⿱自心)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 385, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10601
- Dae Jaweon: page 717, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2291, character 4
- Unihan data for U+606F
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Bailang
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *siŋ ~ sik (“tree, wood”). Compare Burmese သစ် (sac, “wood, timber”).
Noun
息 (*sik)
References
Chinese
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 自 (“nose”) + 心 (“heart”) – to breathe (life) through one’s nose. Note that 自 originally meant “nose” and was later borrowed for “self”.
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sək (“breath; life; to breathe”). Cognate with Jingpho sa' (“to breathe”), Burmese အသက် (a.sak).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): xit6
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): xieh4
- Northern Min (KCR): sĭ
- Eastern Min (BUC): sék
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sih6
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7shiq
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): si6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xī
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: si
- Wade–Giles: hsi1
- Yale: syī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
- Palladius: си (si)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xí
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sí
- Wade–Giles: hsi2
- Yale: syí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi
- Palladius: си (si)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: xi2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xi
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi²¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sik1
- Yale: sīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: sik7
- Guangdong Romanization: xig1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɪk̚⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lhet2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬet̚⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: xit6
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕit̚⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sit
- Hakka Romanization System: xidˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: xid5
- Sinological IPA: /sit̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: sid
- Sinological IPA: /sit⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: xieh4
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiəʔ²/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sĭ
- Sinological IPA (key): /si²⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: sék
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɛiʔ²⁴/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sih6
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sih
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬiʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sih6
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬiʔ²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
Note:
- Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan:
- sek/siak - literary;
- sit - vernacular.
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: sik
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*sək/
- (Zhengzhang): /*slɯɡ/
Definitions
息
Compounds
- 一息 (yīxī)
- 一息奄奄
- 一息尚存 (yīxīshàngcún)
- 不息 (bùxī)
- 人亡政息 (rénwángzhèngxī)
- 仰人鼻息 (yǎngrénbíxī)
- 仰天太息
- 休息
- 仰息
- 休息室
- 休養生息 / 休养生息 (xiūyǎngshēngxī)
- 作息 (zuòxī)
- 保境息民
- 保息 (bǎoxī)
- 信息 (xìnxī)
- 偃兵息甲
- 假息
- 停息 (tíngxī)
- 偃旗息鼓 (yǎnqíxīgǔ)
- 兒息 / 儿息
- 內幕消息 / 内幕消息
- 冢息
- 出息
- 利息 (lìxī)
- 利息支出
- 利息收入
- 利息費用 / 利息费用
- 加息 (jiāxī)
- 動息 / 动息
- 半價倍息 / 半价倍息
- 卷旗息鼓
- 含息
- 和息 (héxī)
- 咳聲嘆息 / 咳声叹息
- 哱息
- 喘息 (chuǎnxī)
- 喙息
- 嗣息
- 嘆息 / 叹息 (tànxī)
- 壓子息 / 压子息
- 大腸息肉 / 大肠息肉
- 太息 (tàixī)
- 奄奄一息
- 奄息
- 奔流不息
- 好消息
- 姑息 (gūxī)
- 姑息政策
- 姑息養奸
- 娩息
- 子息 (zǐxī)
- 孳息 (zīxī)
- 安息 (ānxī)
- 安息年
- 安息日 (ānxīrì)
- 安息香 (ānxīxiāng)
- 安息香樹 / 安息香树
- 官宦氣息 / 官宦气息
- 官息
- 宴息
- 寢息 / 寝息 (qǐnxī)
- 寧息 / 宁息
- 將息 / 将息 (jiāngxī)
- 導引胎息 / 导引胎息
- 小道消息 (xiǎodào xiāoxī)
- 少息 (shǎoxī)
- 居息
- 屏息 (bǐngxī)
- 屏息凝氣 / 屏息凝气
- 屏息凝視 / 屏息凝视
- 屏氣攝息 / 屏气摄息
- 屏氣斂息 / 屏气敛息
- 屏聲息氣 / 屏声息气
- 川流不息 (chuānliúbùxī)
- 帖息
- 平息 (píngxī)
- 年息 (niánxī)
- 庥息
- 弱息
- 循環不息 / 循环不息 (xúnhuánbùxī)
- 微息
- 怠息
- 息事寧人 / 息事宁人 (xīshìníngrén)
- 息交
- 息交絕游 / 息交绝游
- 息偃
- 息兵 (xībīng)
- 息哀
- 息喘
- 息土
- 息壤
- 息夫人
- 息女 (xīnǚ)
- 息媯 / 息妫
- 息影 (xīyǐng)
- 息影園林 / 息影园林
- 息影林泉
- 息徒
- 息心
- 息心靜氣 / 息心静气
- 息怒 (xīnù)
- 息息
- 息息相通
- 息息相關 / 息息相关 (xīxīxiāngguān)
- 息款
- 息氣 / 息气
- 息滅 / 息灭
- 息災 / 息灾
- 息燈 / 息灯
- 息爭 / 息争
- 息男 (xīnán)
- 息穀 / 息谷
- 息耗
- 息肉 (xīròu)
- 息肩
- 息胞
- 息訟 / 息讼
- 息詞 / 息词
- 息賁 / 息贲
- 息錢 / 息钱
- 息陰 / 息阴
- 息靜 / 息静
- 息饗 / 息飨
- 息黥補劓 / 息黥补劓
- 悚息
- 惕息
- 慴息 / 慑息
- 憩息 (qìxī)
- 懾息 / 慑息 (shèxī)
- 打息氣 / 打息气
- 拆息 (chāixī)
- 掩旗息鼓
- 探消息
- 搖頭嘆息 / 摇头叹息
- 擫息 / 𢬍息
- 數息 / 数息
- 春消息
- 普通利息
- 月息 (yuèxī)
- 有出息 (yǒu chūxi)
- 本息 (běnxī)
- 杳無信息 / 杳无信息
- 杳無消息 / 杳无消息
- 栖息 (qīxī)
- 棲息 / 栖息 (qīxī)
- 棲息地 / 栖息地 (qīxīdì)
- 構訟不息 / 构讼不息
- 歇息 (xiēxi)
- 歎息 / 叹息 (tànxī)
- 止息 (zhǐxī)
- 毫無聲息 / 毫无声息
- 氣息 / 气息 (qìxī)
- 氣息奄奄 / 气息奄奄 (qìxīyānyān)
- 沒出息 / 没出息 (méi chūxi)
- 流光瞬息
- 派息 (pàixī)
- 消息
- 消息兒 / 消息儿
- 浮生瞬息
- 淹淹一息
- 渺無聲息 / 渺无声息
- 無息貸款 / 无息贷款
- 無聲無息 / 无声无息 (wúshēngwúxī)
- 生息 (shēngxī)
- 生息蕃庶
- 生生不息 (shēngshēngbùxī)
- 發息 / 发息
- 瞬息 (shùnxī)
- 瞬息之間 / 瞬息之间
- 瞬息千變 / 瞬息千变
- 瞬息萬變 / 瞬息万变 (shùnxīwànbiàn)
- 視息 / 视息
- 禽息鳥視 / 禽息鸟视
- 稍息
- 窒息 (zhìxī)
- 經久不息 / 经久不息 (jīngjiǔbùxī)
- 綿綿不息 / 绵绵不息
- 耳消耳息
- 聲息 / 声息 (shēngxī)
- 股息 (gǔxī)
- 股息股利
- 胎息
- 脈息 / 脉息 (màixī)
- 脅息 / 胁息
- 臥旗息鼓 / 卧旗息鼓
- 自強不息 / 自强不息 (zìqiángbùxī)
- 與時消息 / 与时消息
- 與民休息 / 与民休息
- 花息
- 苟延殘息 / 苟延残息
- 蕃息 (fánxī)
- 蘇息 / 苏息
- 蚡息
- 行息
- 解訟息爭 / 解讼息争
- 訊息 / 讯息 (xùnxī)
- 調息 / 调息
- 調養生息 / 调养生息
- 貼息 / 贴息 (tiēxī)
- 賤息 / 贱息
- 走漏消息
- 跂行喙息
- 退息
- 透消息
- 間不容息 / 间不容息
- 除息
- 雀息
- 頓息 / 顿息 (dùnxī)
- 風平波息 / 风平波息
- 風息 / 风息
- 養息 / 养息
- 馬路消息 / 马路消息
- 鼻息 (bíxī)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sak1
- Yale: sāk
- Cantonese Pinyin: sak7
- Guangdong Romanization: seg1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: set
- Hakka Romanization System: sedˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sed5
- Sinological IPA: /set̚²/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- Dialectal data
Definitions
息
- (Cantonese, Hakka, Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Zhongshan Min) great-grandchild (Classifier: 個／个 c)
Synonyms
Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of 息 – see 熄 (“to extinguish; to go out; to turn off; to switch off”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 熄). |
Notes:
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References
- “息”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “息”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 262.
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “息”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 251.
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Japanese
Kanji
息
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of 息 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 息, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 息 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 息, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.) |
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Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 息 (MC sik). Recorded as Middle Korean 식〮 (sík) (Yale: sik) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Compounds
References
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Okinawan
Kanji
息
Readings
Etymology
Noun
息 (īchi)
Derived terms
- 一息 (chuīchi, “a single breath, puff; a pause; a small effort”)
Vietnamese
Han character
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