Kanji1 / 10
息 kanji
breath, respiration, son, interest (on money), rest, coming to an end
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ソク
Kun readings
いき
Words with 息
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2休息Popularrest; relief; relaxation
- N1子息Popular(another's) son
- N1消息Popularnews (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
- N1窒息Popularsuffocation; choking; asphyxia
- N1利息Popularinterest (on a loan, deposit etc.)
- —終息Popularcessation; (coming to an) end
- —生息Popularinhabiting; living
- —嘆息Popularsigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
- —喘息Popularasthma
- —消息筋Popularinformed circles
- —生息地Popularhabitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
- —息son
- —愛息(your) beloved son; cute boy
- —安息rest; repose
- —気息breathing; breath
- —姑息underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
- —令息son
- —屏息bated breath; being cowed into silence
- —絶息expiry; dying; death
- —愚息(one's) son; penis