歇

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

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

欠 meaning “yawn” + 曷 sound ( hé )

Components 曷欠

take a rest · Heisig RSH #2111

siesta + yawn

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
歇洛克·福尔摩斯	Xiē luò kè · Fú ěr mó sī	Sherlock Holmes
密歇根大学	Mì xiē gēn Dà xué	University of Michigan
歇斯底里	xiē sī dǐ lǐ	hysteria (loanword); hysterical
马歇尔	Mǎ xiē ěr	Marshall (name); George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959), US general in WWII and Secretary of …
歇后语	xiē hòu yǔ	anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, …
米歇尔	Mǐ xiē ěr	Michel or Mitchell (name); George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and dip…
关店歇业	guān diàn xiē yè	to close up shop and cease business temporarily; closed for business
密歇根湖	Mì xiē gēn Hú	Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2]
歇山顶	xiē shān dǐng	(East Asian) hip-and-gable roof
密歇根	Mì xiē gēn	Michigan, US state
歇心	xiē xīn	to drop the matter; to stop worrying
安歇	ān xiē	to go to bed; to retire for the night
歇手	xiē shǒu	to rest; to take a break
歇气	xiē qì	to have a break; to rest
歇业	xiē yè	to close down (temporarily or permanently); to go out of business
冬歇期	dōng xiē qī	winter break
间歇	jiàn xiē	to stop in the middle of sth; intermittent; intermittence
歇脚	xiē jiǎo	to stop on the way for a rest
歇菜	xiē cài	(dialect) to stop functioning
间歇训练	jiàn xiē xùn liàn	interval training

Characters sharing the sound component 曷 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
曷 sound part	hé	what, why, where, which, how
褐	hè	coarse wool; dull, brown
喝	hē	to drink; to shout, to call out
揭	jiē	to lift off a cover; to reveal, to divulge; surname
葛	gé	an edible bean; vine; surname
竭	jié	to exhaust; to put forth great effort
渴	kě	thirsty, parched; to yearn, to pine for
羯	jié	wether, castrated ram; deer skin
谒	yè	to visit, to pay respects
蝎	xiē	scorpion
遏	è	to curb, to check, to stop, to suppress
猲	hè	frightened, terrified; snub-nosed dog
碣	jié	stone tablet