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息

Level IV of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 421 / 2,608

Breath

On’yomi
そく
Kun’yomi
いき
Radical
心 Heart (Kangxi 61)

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 満 (Full), less common than 球 (Sphere).

The self (自) breathes with its heart (心) — your own heart beating is the rhythm of your breath.

In words

息 いき breath,toneN3
息子 むすこ (humble) sonN4
溜息 ためいき a sighN2

息 is rank 421 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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