breath

news; interest (on an investment or loan); to cease; to stop; to rest; Taiwan pr. [xi2]

Self (自) + heart (心) = breath and rest

自 here means 'self' or 'from oneself,' pointing to the breath that comes from within. Together with 心, the character captures breath as the quiet rhythm that sustains the self and stills the mind.

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HeartSemantic
SelfSemantic

Words with 息

脉息

mài xī

pulse

遗传信息

yí chuán xìn xī

genetic information

头信息

tóu xìn xī

header (computing)

降息

jiàng xī

to lower interest rates

余怒未息

yú nù wèi xī

to be still angry

首席信息官

shǒu xí xìn xī guān

chief information officer (CIO)

鼻息

bí xī

breath

鼻息肉

bí xī ròu

nasal polyp

不息

bù xī

continually

中国人权民运信息中心

zhōng guó rén quán mín yùn xìn xī zhōng xīn

Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, Hong Kong

中国国防科技信息中心

zhōng guó guó fáng kē jì xìn xī zhōng xīn

China Defense Science and Technology Information Center (CDSTIC)

仰人鼻息

yǎng rén bí xī

to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living

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