The kanji 息: meaning, readings and stroke order

息

Meaning: breath
On reading: ソク soku
Kun reading: いき iki
Strokes: 10
Radical: 心 heart
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: hơi thở (tức)
Japanese: いき。
Korean: 숨 (식)
Chinese: 呼吸、气息

Readings, words and example sentences

ソク soku · on reading · less common

休きゅう息そく
rest
少し 休きゅう息そくを取ります。
I take a short rest.

いき iki · kun reading

息いき
breath
走って 息いきが切れました。
I ran and got out of breath.

Practise writing 息 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 息 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 3 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Get it on the App Store Get it on Google Play

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.