息
(bound form) breath; (bound form) to cease; to stop; (bound form) to rest; (bound form) news; (bound form) interest (on money); (bound form) to grow; to multiply; (literary) one's child; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
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Dict coverage rank #606 U+606F
How 息 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To breathe (life, 心) through one's nose 自; 心 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
breath · Heisig RSH #574
nose + 心 heart
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 息 as their sound component
These characters all use 息 (xī) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 息 sound component | xī | to end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath, rest; news |
| 媳 | xí | daughter-in-law |
| 螅 | xī | intestinal worm |
| 瘜 | xī | polypus |
Words containing 息
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中国人权民运信息中心 | Zhōng guó Rén quán Mín yùn Xìn xī Zhōng xīn | Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, Hong Kong |
| 生生不息 | shēng shēng bù xī | to grow and multiply without end |
| 日出而作，日入而息 | rì chū ér zuò , rì rù ér xī | lit. to get up at sunrise and work until sunset (proverb); fig. to lead a plain and hardwo… |
| 中国国防科技信息中心 | Zhōng guó Guó fáng Kē jì Xìn xī Zhōng xīn | China Defense Science and Technology Information Center (CDSTIC) |
| 无声无息 | wú shēng wú xī | wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking; taciturn; not providing any news |
| 安息国 | Ān xī guó | Parthia |
| 化学信息素 | huà xué xìn xī sù | semiochemical |
| 安息日 | ān xī rì | Sabbath |
| 息事宁人 | xī shì níng rén | to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom) |
| 自强不息 | zì qiáng bù xī | to strive unremittingly; self-improvement |
| 信息管理 | xìn xī guǎn lǐ | information management |
| 安息香科 | ān xī xiāng kē | Styracaceae, tree family including silver-bell, snowdrop and benzoin |
| 作息时间 | zuò xī shí jiān | daily schedule; daily routine |
| 作息时间表 | zuò xī shí jiān biǎo | daily schedule; work schedule |
| 信息时代 | xìn xī shí dài | information age |
| 头信息 | tóu xìn xī | header (computing) |
| 信息学 | xìn xī xué | information science |
| 信息化 | xìn xī huà | informatization (the Information Age analog of industrialization) |
| 生命不息，战斗不止 | shēng mìng bù xī , zhàn dòu bù zhǐ | while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last |
| 川流不息 | chuān liú bù xī | the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow |