息 — breath, respiration, son

いき息 breath

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+606F Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #882 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #657 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

breath
respiration
son
interest

word

いき iki Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

息(いき) iki breath ため息(いき) tameiki sigh 一(ひと) 息(いき) hitoiki one breath

そく soku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

生(せい) 息(そく) seisoku inhabiting 休(きゅう) 息(そく) kyuusoku rest 利(り) 息(そく) risoku interest (on a loan)

むす musu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

息(むす) 子(こ) musuko son

Appears in idioms

無病息災四字熟語

nothingness, ill, breath, disaster

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

みずから自 self #132

こころ心 heart #61

Used as component in (1)

けい憩 recess

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#61 心 heart