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Kanji Detail for 息 - "breath, rest, son"

息

  • Meaning

    息 means "breath, rest, son."

    1. Breath - Air inhaled and exhaled.

    2. Rest - To take a break; to cease.

    3. Son - A male child.

  • Words using 息

    • 息子 むすこ Listen son; penis
    • 利息 りそく Listen interest (on a loan, deposit etc.)
    • 消息筋 しょうそくすじ Listen informed circles
    • 消息 しょうそく Listen news (from someone); letter; contact
    • 生息地 せいそくち Listen habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
    • 窒息 ちっそく Listen suffocation; choking; asphyxia
    • 子息 しそく Listen (another's) son
    • 一人息子 ひとりむすこ Listen only son

  • Four-character idioms with 息

    • 青息吐息 あおいきといき Listen deep distress
    • 一病息災 いちびょうそくさい Listen one who experiences a chronic ailment takes better care of his health and lives longer
    • 因循姑息 いんじゅんこそく Listen dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising)
    • 延命息災 えんめいそくさい Listen health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster
    • 息災延命 そくさいえんめい Listen health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster
    • 放蕩息子 ほうとうむすこ Listen good-for-nothing son; profligate son

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    • Verified meaning: breath, rest, son
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いき, やす, やすむ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 息

    Given names 息(いき)Listen 息(やす)Listen

    Surnames 息(やすむ)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    breath; respiration; son; interest (on money); rest; coming to an end

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    rest, put stop to, end, cease

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan); to cease; to stop; to rest; Taiwan pr. [xi2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath, rest; news

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Breath. One inhale and one exhale make one 息. Also, sighing loudly is 太息. | To rest. Such as 休息, 安息. | Children. Such as calling minors 弱息. Also, when seeking profit from capital, the principal is called 母; the profit generated is called 息. Hence, 利息, 息錢.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    soku(ソク) ソク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    iki(いき) いき

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords

    breath rest son child end increase life respiration air break calm cease exhale expire gasp halt inhale lungs male oxygen pant pause peace respiratory serenity

Sentences including 息

  • I made my son a doctor.

  • He has a son whose name is john.

  • He launched his son in the world.

  • I am very happy about my son's success in his recital.

  • What has become of her son?

  • We're almost there.

  • I cannot help thinking that my son is still alive.

  • She had her only son die.

  • He was overjoyed to find out that his son had succeeded.

  • She cared for her son.

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