xiē

rest

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
欠 meaning component

  Meaning component

qiàn

  

yawn, deficient

曷 sound component

  Sound component

  

why? what? where?

Evolution

歇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
歇 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
歇 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
歇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xiē

rest, stop, lodge; to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while

Most common words with 歇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to rest

马歇尔

Marshall (name)

米歇尔

Michel or Mitchell (name)

歇斯底里

hysterical

间歇

intermittent

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)