歇 — Chinese character
歇
xiē
to stop, to rest, to lodge
- Pinyin
- xiē
- Radical
- 76 ⽋ (Lack)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 曷 欠
- Formation
- pictophonetic — yawn; meaning component 欠; sound component 曷
- Japanese
- 歇 as a kanji
Common words with 歇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 歇斯底里 | xiē sī dǐ lǐ | hysteria (loanword); hysterical |
| 停歇 | tíng xiē | to stop for a rest |
| 间歇 (間歇) | jiàn xiē | to stop in the middle of sth; intermittent |
| 歇业 (歇業) | xiē yè | to close down (temporarily or permanently); to go out of business |
| 歇息 | xiē xi | to have a rest; to stay for the night |
| 歇后语 (歇後語) | xiē hòu yǔ | anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part) |
| 歇脚 (歇腳) | xiē jiǎo | to stop on the way for a rest |
| 安歇 | ān xiē | to go to bed; to retire for the night |
| 歇菜 | xiē cài | (dialect) to stop functioning |
| 冬歇期 | dōng xiē qī | winter break |
| 歇手 | xiē shǒu | to rest; to take a break |
| 歇宿 | xiē sù | to lodge; to stay (for the night) |
English words written with 歇
歇 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1
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.
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