Memory phrase for the character: 歇

歇

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Meaning

to rest, stop, lodge

Pronunciation

xiē

Explanation

 Left: interrogation 曷 (= The mouth with tongue 曰 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)

Mnemonic
 
An interrogation has a lack of any rest.

Radicals

曷 interrogationalso as an interrogative particle: why, how, when
欠 lack, yawnLike a person 人 who tears his mouth wide open when yawning and seems to have a lack (of good manners).




 Vocabulary

间歇 jiàn xiē  to stop in the middle of sth; intermittent; intermittence
停歇 tíng xiē  to stop for a rest
歇息 xiē xi  to have a rest; to stay for the night; to go to bed; to sleep
歇息 xiē xi  

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