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)
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:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |