xiē
rest
Phonosemantic compound. 欠 represents the meaning and 曷 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
xiē
rest, stop, lodge; to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while
Most common words with 歇
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to rest | ||
Marshall (name) | ||
Michel or Mitchell (name) | ||
hysterical | ||
intermittent |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*qʰat | xjot | xiē | cease, rest (v.) |
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 11.6611% of movies
1686th most common character in movies
1828th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+6B47 |
Shuowen | “歇，息也。一曰气越泄。从欠，曷聲。” |
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