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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: xí
Preclassic Old Chinese: sǝk
Classic Old Chinese: sǝk
Western Han Chinese: sǝk
Eastern Han Chinese: sjǝk
Early Postclassic Chinese: sjɨk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: sjɨk
Late Postclassic Chinese: sjɨk
Middle Chinese: sjɨk
English meaning : to rest
Russian meaning[s]: 1) дышать; дыхание; перевести дух; отдыхать; отдых; 2) прекратить(ся); остановить(ся); перестать; погасить; погаснуть (об огне); 3) утихомирить, успокоить; уладить (инцидент); 4) прибавление, наращение; 5) дети; потомство; 6) проценты на капитал; 7) новость, известие; 8) счетный суффикс для мыслей
Shuowen gloss: 喘也.從心自. [502]
Comments: The original and more common now meaning is 'to breathe'; but during Early Zhou the word is attested only with the meaning 'to rest'. In Shi 9,1 息 is obviously a miswriting of 思 (*sǝ, as a final particle) under the influence of the preceding character 休 'to rest'.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 61
Four-angle index: 8382
Karlgren code: 0925 a
Shijing occurrences: 9.1, 19.2_
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