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息

JLPT N3 SL3 10 strokes Frequency: #882

Meanings

Breath, Respiration, Son, Interest (on Money)

Radicals

心

Decomposition

⿱自心

Etymology

Ideographic: To breathe (life, 心) through one's nose 自; 心 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left

2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 dot bottom-to-top

8 hook bottom-to-top

9 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

10 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ソク soku

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

いき iki

Words Using This Kanji

140 words total

Other (20 words)

lobby

recess

rest

(another's) son

cessation

informed circles

news (from someone)

breathing of a sleeping person

inhabiting

breath

to pant

to resume breathing

breath

to breathe

taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.)

taking a breather

to take a breath

son

to hold one's breath

breathing

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