The Chinese Radical: 息


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Meaning
breath    息

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 2
breath, news, rest, interest

Top: oneself 自 (The emphasized (= with an accent) ノ eye 目 shows the own self.), bottom: heart 心
I myself and my heart need breath.  
HSK 6
daughter in law

Left: woman 女, right: breath 息 (I myself 自 and my heart 心 need a breath.)
The wife of him who derives from 'myself' and has my heart: My daughter in law.  
HSK 6
to extinguish, put out (fire), to wither away

Left: fire 火, right: breath 息 (I myself 自 and my heart 心 need a breath.)
The fire (loses) its breath, when being extinguished.  
no HSK
intestinal worm

Left: insect 虫, right: breath 息 (I myself 自 and my heart 心 need a breath.)
The insect that (shares with me) my breath is: the intestinal worm.  

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