熄

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熄 U+7184, 熄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7184
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Translingual

Han character

熄 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火竹山心 (FHUP), four-corner 96830, composition ⿰火息)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 679, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19287
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1090, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2223, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+7184

Chinese

trad. 熄
simp. # 熄
2nd round simp. 息

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 熄
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (息) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
息 *slɯɡ
熄 *slɯɡ
媳 *slɯɡ
鄎 *slɯɡ
瘜 *slɯɡ
蒠 *slɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *slɯɡ) : semantic 火 + phonetic 息 (OC *slɯɡ)

Pronunciation

Note:
  • siak/sek - literary;
  • sit - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 熄
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 心 (16)
    Final (韻) 職 (134)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 相即切
    Baxter sik
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/sɨk̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/sɨk̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/siek̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/sik̚/
    Li
    Rong         		/siək̚/
    Wang
    Li         		/sĭək̚/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/si̯ək̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		xi
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		sik1
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 熄
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		xī
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ sik ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*sək/
    English extinguish

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 熄
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 13333
    Phonetic
    component         		息
    Rime
    group         		職
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		息
    Old
    Chinese         		/*slɯɡ/

    Definitions

    熄

    1. to extinguish (light or fire); to go out
    2. (Cantonese) to turn off; to switch off
      熄冷氣／熄冷气 [Cantonese]  ―  sik1 laang5 hei3   ―  to turn off the air conditioner
      熄電視／熄电视 [Cantonese]  ―  sik1 din6 si6   ―  to turn off the television

    Synonyms

    • (to extinguish):
    • (to turn off): 關／关 (guān)

    Compounds

    References

    • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “熄”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 252.

    Japanese

    Kanji

    熄

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    1. cessation, disappearance, extinction

    Readings

    • Go-on: そく (soku)
    • Kan-on: しょく (shoku)
    • Kun: きえる (kieru, 熄える)、やむ (yamu, 熄む)

    Compounds

    Compounds

    Korean

    Hanja

    熄 • (sik) (hangeul 식, revised sik, McCune–Reischauer sik, Yale sik)

    1. put out, extinguish
    2. quash

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    熄: Hán Nôm readings: tức, tắt

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