息 – breath, respiration, son

10 strokesTaught in grade 3#882 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 息 means breath, respiration, son, interest (on money), rest, coming to an end. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソク (soku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いき (iki). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソク	soku
Kun’yomi	いき	iki

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: 自・心・目.

Words using 息

息子むすこson息いきbreath休息きゅうそくrest溜息ためいきsigh子息しそく(another's) son消息しょうそくnews (from someone)窒息ちっそくsuffocation利息りそくinterest (on a loan, deposit etc.)一息ひといきone breath

Example sentences

母親は息子にやかましく言って聞かせた。

The mother whipped sense into her boy.

Tatoeba #82781

おぼれかけた人は息を吹き返した。

The man who nearly drowned began to breathe.

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彼らは息がぴたりと合っている。

They are a perfect match for each other.

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Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑

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