息 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「心」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「心」
- On
- ソクそく · soku
- Kun
- いきiki
- Meaning
- breath
Stroke order
Origin
自 (nose) + 心 (heart). It shows the 'breath' that comes out from the nose and the heart.
Readings and examples
| Onソクそくsoku | 休息きゅうそく消息しょうそく子息しそく |
|---|---|
| Kunいきiki | 息いき息巻くいきまく吐息といき |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 休息きゅうそく
rest
- 息子むすこ
son
- 吐息といき
- 窒息ちっそく
- 姑息こそく
- 溜息ためいき
- 棲息せいそく
- 歎息たんそく
Example
走ったあとは 息が きれる。
After running, I am out of breath.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)