熄

Information about character(s)

Radical: 火
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 14

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xī
Cantonese: sik1
JapaneseKun: KIERU YAMU
JapaneseOn: SOKU
Korean: SIK
Vietnamese: tắt

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: put out, extinguish, quash

CE-Dict: to extinguish/to put out (fire)/to quench/to stop burning/to go out (of fire, lamp etc)/to come to an end/to wither away/to die out

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to extinguish

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: extinguish; put out

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: extinguish; put out

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《火部》熄畜火也。从火息聲。亦曰滅火。

康熙字典文字版 【巳集中】【火字部】熄
【唐韻】相卽切【集韻】【韻會】悉卽切，𠀤音息。【說文】畜火也。　又【說文】一曰滅火。【孟子】安居而天下熄。

CF-Dict: éteindre

Han-De-Dict: löschen, ausmachen, ausgehen (Feuer) (u.E.) (V)