xī
put out
To end 息 a flame 火; 息 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
xī
put out, extinguish, quash; to extinguish; to put out (fire); to quench; to stop burning; to go out (of fire, lamp etc); to come to an end; to wither away; to die out; Taiwan pr. [xí]
Most common words with 熄
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to stop burning | ||
to extinguish | ||
to put out (fire) | ||
lights out |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*sək | sik | xī | extinguish |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 4.8695% of movies
2501st most common character in movies
2858th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Unicode | U+7184 |
Shuowen | “熄，畜火也。从火，息聲。亦曰滅火。” |
Sources
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