Today’s #kanji is #息, which is listed under the radical of #こころ in my 大修館書店漢和辞典. According to the dictionary, some say it’s a pictograph depicting an exhalation through the nose. Others say it is a compound ideograph between 自 (suggesting “nose”) and 心 (“inside”).
Meaning: breath, breathing, child
Reading: ソク、いき
息女（ソクジョ）: n. somebody else’s daughter
安息（アンソク）: n. rest, repose
休息（キュウソク）: n. a rest, a break
子息（シソク）: n. somebody else’s son
利息（リソク）: n. interest (on a loan)
息（いき）: n. breath, breathing
息（いき）切（ぎ）れ: n. shortness of breath, panting, puffing
息（いき）継（つ）ぎ: n. taking a breath; a breather
difficult readings
息子（むすこ/ソクシ）: n. a son
息吹（いぶき）: a feeling, a sense, an indication, vitality
- こころ
- したごころ
- 自
必
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悲
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意
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