熄 — Chinese character
熄
xī
to extinguish, to put out, to quench
- Pinyin
- xī
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 火 息
- Formation
- ideographic — To end 息 a flame 火; 息 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 熄 as a kanji
Common words with 熄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 熄灭 (熄滅) | xī miè | to stop burning; to go out (of fire) |
| 熄灯 (熄燈) | xī dēng | turn out the lights; lights out |
| 熄火 | xī huǒ | (of fire, lamp etc) to go out; to put out (fire) |
| 吹熄 | chuī xī | to blow out (a flame) |
| 智熄 | zhì xī | (slang) extremely foolish; beyond stupid (pun on 窒息 (zhì xī)) |
| 熄屏 | xī píng | variant of 息屏 (xī píng) |
English words written with 熄
熄 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 3
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.