Memory phrase for the character: 熄

熄

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Meaning

to extinguish, put out (fire), to wither away

Pronunciation

xī

Explanation

 Left: fire 火, right: breath 息 (I myself 自 and my heart 心 need a breath.)

Mnemonic
 
The fire (loses) its breath, when being extinguished.

Radicals

火 fireAlso this radical 灬 stands for fire.
息 breath




 Vocabulary

熄灭 xī miè  to stop burning; to go out (of fire); to die out; extinguished
熄火 xī huǒ  to go out (of fire, lamp, stove, cigarette etc); to stall (of vehicle); fig. to die down
熄灯 xī dēng  turn out the lights; lights out
熄灯 xī dēng  

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