吸 — Chinese character
吸
xī
to inhale, to suck in; to absorb; to attract
- Pinyin
- xī
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 口 及
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 及
- Japanese
- 吸 as a kanji
Common words with 吸
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吸引 | xī yǐn | to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate |
| 吸收 | xī shōu | to absorb; to assimilate |
| 呼吸 | hū xī | to breathe |
| 吸引力 | xī yǐn lì | attractive force (such as gravitation); sex appeal |
| 吸烟 (吸煙) | xī yān | to smoke |
| 吸血鬼 | xī xuè guǐ | leech; bloodsucking vermin |
| 吸毒 | xī dú | to take drugs |
| 吸取 | xī qǔ | to absorb; to draw (a lesson, insight etc) |
| 吸纳 (吸納) | xī nà | to take in; to absorb |
| 吸入 | xī rù | to breathe in; to suck in |
| 呼吸道 | hū xī dào | respiratory tract |
| 吸血 | xī xuè | to suck blood |
English words written with 吸
吸 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 4
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Self-Conceit
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.