熄

熄	U+7184, 熄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7184

← 熃
[U+7183]

CJK Unified Ideographs

熅 →
[U+7185]

Translingual

Han character

熄 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 火竹山心 (FHUP), four-corner 9683₀, composition ⿰火息)

References

KangXi: page 679, character 3

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19287

Dae Jaweon: page 1090, character 26

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2223, character 13

Unihan data for U+7184

Chinese

trad.		熄
simp. ^#		熄
2nd round simp.		息

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (息) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
息	*slɯɡ
熄	*slɯɡ
媳	*slɯɡ
鄎	*slɯɡ
瘜	*slɯɡ
蒠	*slɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *slɯɡ) : semantic 火 + phonetic 息 (OC *slɯɡ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xī, xí
(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ, ㄒㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sit
Min Dong (BUC): sék
Min Nan (POJ): siak / sek / sit

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xī
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: si
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹
  - Yale: syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
  - Palladius: си (si)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xí
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sí
  - Wade–Giles: hsi²
  - Yale: syí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi
  - Palladius: си (si)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sik¹
  - Yale: sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sit
  - Hakka Romanization System: xid`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕit̚²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sék
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiʔ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak
  - Tâi-lô: siak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek
  - Tâi-lô: sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seg
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit
  - Tâi-lô: sit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sid
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕit̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɕit̚³²/

Note:

siak/sek - literary;
sit - vernacular.

Middle Chinese: /sɨk̚/

Rime
Character	熄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	蒸 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	相即切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/siek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sik̚/
Li Rong	/siək̚/
Wang Li	/sĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*sək/
(Zhengzhang): /*slɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	熄
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ sik ›
Old Chinese	/*sək/
English	extinguish
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	熄
Reading #	1/1
No.	13333
Phonetic component	息
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	息
Old Chinese	/*slɯɡ/

Definitions

熄

to extinguish (light or fire); to go out
(Cantonese) to turn off; to switch off
熄冷氣／熄冷气 [Cantonese] ― sik¹ laang⁵ hei³ [Jyutping] ― to turn off the air conditioner
熄電視／熄电视 [Cantonese] ― sik¹ din⁶ si⁶ [Jyutping] ― to turn off the television

Synonyms

(to extinguish):

edit

花去 (Min Nan)

滅／灭 (miè)

熄滅／熄灭 (xīmiè)

(to turn off): 關／关 (guān)

Compounds

捻熄 (niǎnxī)
熄火 (xīhuǒ)

熄滅／熄灭 (xīmiè)
熄燈／熄灯 (xīdēng)

熄風／熄风

Japanese

Kanji

熄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

cessation, disappearance, extinction

Readings

Go-on: そく (soku)
Kan-on: しょく (shoku)
Kun: きえる (kieru, 熄える); やむ (yamu, 熄む)

Compounds

熄(そく)滅(めつ) (sokumetsu, “disappearance, extinction”)
終(しゅう)熄(そく) (shūsoku, “end, termination”)

Korean

Hanja

熄 • (sik) (hangeul 식, revised sik, McCune–Reischauer sik, Yale sik)

put out, extinguish
quash

Vietnamese

Han character

熄: Hán Nôm readings: tức, tắt

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