Chinese symbol for “extinguish”
熄
xī
to extinguish; to put out (fire); to quench; to stop burning
The closest CC-CEDICT match for extinguish is 熄 (xī), defined as: to extinguish; to put out (fire); to quench; to stop burning; to go out (of fire, lamp etc); to come to an end.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “extinguish”
Related words
Other words that share a character 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “extinguish”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.