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歇

to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while

13 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,052 U+6B47

How 歇 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

欠 (semantic, “yawn”) + 曷 (phonetic, hé)

components: 曷 欠

How to remember it

take a rest · Heisig RSH #2111

siesta + yawn

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 曷

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 曷 (hé) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
曷 sound component hé what, why, where, which, how
褐 hè coarse wool; dull, brown
喝 hē to drink; to shout, to call out
揭 jiē to lift off a cover; to reveal, to divulge; surname
葛 gé an edible bean; vine; surname
竭 jié to exhaust; to put forth great effort
渴 kě thirsty, parched; to yearn, to pine for
羯 jié wether, castrated ram; deer skin
谒 yè to visit, to pay respects
蝎 xiē scorpion
遏 è to curb, to check, to stop, to suppress
猲 hè frightened, terrified; snub-nosed dog
碣 jié stone tablet

Words containing 歇

WordPinyinMeaning
歇洛克·福尔摩斯 Xiē luò kè · Fú ěr mó sī Sherlock Holmes
密歇根大学 Mì xiē gēn Dà xué University of Michigan
歇斯底里 xiē sī dǐ lǐ hysteria (loanword); hysterical
马歇尔 Mǎ xiē ěr Marshall (name); George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959), US general in WWII and Secretary of …
歇后语 xiē hòu yǔ anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, …
米歇尔 Mǐ xiē ěr Michel or Mitchell (name); George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and dip…
关店歇业 guān diàn xiē yè to close up shop and cease business temporarily; closed for business
密歇根湖 Mì xiē gēn Hú Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2]
歇山顶 xiē shān dǐng (East Asian) hip-and-gable roof
密歇根 Mì xiē gēn Michigan, US state
歇心 xiē xīn to drop the matter; to stop worrying
安歇 ān xiē to go to bed; to retire for the night
歇手 xiē shǒu to rest; to take a break
歇气 xiē qì to have a break; to rest
歇业 xiē yè to close down (temporarily or permanently); to go out of business
冬歇期 dōng xiē qī winter break
间歇 jiàn xiē to stop in the middle of sth; intermittent; intermittence
歇脚 xiē jiǎo to stop on the way for a rest
歇菜 xiē cài (dialect) to stop functioning
间歇训练 jiàn xiē xùn liàn interval training