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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)

息切れいきぎれ

shortness of breath

孫息子まごむすこ

grandson

嘆息たんそく

sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.)

suffocation

choking gas

death by suffocation

dying breath

sigh

imperious

interest (on a loan, deposit etc.)

son

nasal breathing

younger sons

sigh

expiry

benzoin

choking

stepson

(Judeo-Christian) Sabbath

気息きそく

breathing

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