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breath 息
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Used in these characters:
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息
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| breath, news, rest, interest
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息
自
心
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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.
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媳
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| daughter in law
xí
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女
息
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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.
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熄
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to extinguish, put out (fire), to wither away
xī
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火
息
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Left: fire 火, right: breath 息 (I myself 自 and my heart 心 need a breath.)
The fire (loses) its breath, when being extinguished.
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螅
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JLPT no HSK |
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| intestinal worm
xī
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虫
息
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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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