熄
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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 Dictionary: 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)  
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *slɯɡ) : semantic 火 + phonetic 息 (OC *slɯɡ)
Pronunciation
    
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):
Japanese
    
    
Compounds
    
Compounds
- 熄滅 (sokumetsu, “disappearance, extinction”)
- 終熄 (shūsoku, “end, termination”)
Korean
    
    
Vietnamese
    
    
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