# 歇

| 歇 | U+6B47, &#27463; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B47 |
| ← 歆 [U+6B46] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 歈 → [U+6B48] |

## Translingual
### Han character

歇 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日女弓人 (AVNO), four-corner 6778$_2$, composition ⿰曷欠)

#### Derived characters

* 㵣 蠍 𠿒 𢢚 𢶆 𤢔 𦪬 𧝽 𪗀 𠥜 𡽙 𧓃 𬋏 𭧸

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 570, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16141
* Dae Jaweon: page 958, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2145, character 7
* Unihan data for U+6B47

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 歇 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 愒 | *kʰaːds, *kʰrads, *kʰrad |
| 馤 | *qaːds |
| 靄 | *qaːds, *qaːd |
| 餲 | *qraːds, *qrads, *ɡaːd, *qaːd |
| 喝 | *qraːds, *qʰoːb, *qʰaːd |
| 揭 | *kʰrads, *ked, *kʰrad, *ɡrad, *kad, *ɡad |
| 偈 | *ɡrads, *ɡrad |
| 猲 | *kʰob, *qʰaːd, *qʰad |
| 葛 | *kaːd |
| 輵 | *kaːd |
| 獦 | *klaːd, *rab |
| 渴 | *kʰaːd, *ɡrad |
| 嵑 | *kʰaːd |
| 暍 | *qʰaːd, *qad |
| 曷 | *ɡaːd |
| 褐 | *ɡaːd |
| 鶡 | *ɡaːd |
| 毼 | *ɡaːd |
| 蝎 | *ɡaːd |
| 鞨 | *ɡaːd, *ɢljad |
| 遏 | *qaːd |
| 齃 | *qaːd |
| 堨 | *qaːd |
| 擖 | *kʰreːd, *kraːd, *r'aːb |
| 楬 | *kʰraːd, *ɡrad, *ɡad |
| 朅 | *kʰrad |
| 藒 | *kʰrad |
| 竭 | *ɡrad, *ɡad |
| 碣 | *ɡrad, *ɡad |
| 羯 | *kad |
| 鍻 | *kad |
| 歇 | *qʰad |
| 蠍 | *qʰad |
| 謁 | *qad |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰad) : phonetic 曷 (OC *ɡaːd) + semantic 欠.

### Etymology

Related to 愒 (OC *kʰrad) (Sagart, 2007) and 憩 (OC *kʰrads) (Wang, 1982).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xiē (xie$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xie$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hit$^3$ / kit$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): het$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): xiet$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hiet / hiat
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hiad$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): xieh$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): hṳĕ
* Eastern Min (BUC): hiók
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hoeh$^6$ / hyeh$^6$ / hoe$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hiat / hioh / hehⁿ / heh
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hiah$^4$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^7$shiq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xie$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiē
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sie
*** Wade–Giles: hsieh$^1$
*** Yale: syē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shie
*** Palladius: се (se)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xie$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xie
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiɛ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hit$^3$ / kit$^3$
*** Yale: hit / kit
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hit$^8$ / kit$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hid$^3$ / kid$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hiːt̚³/, /kʰiːt̚³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: het$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /het̚⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: xiet$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiɛt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiet
*** Hakka Romanization System: hied$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hiad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi̯et̚²/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiat
*** Hakka Romanization System: hiad$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hiad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi̯at̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hiad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /hiat̚¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: xieh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiəʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hṳĕ
*** Sinological IPA : /xyɛ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hiók
*** Sinological IPA : /hyɔʔ²⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hoeh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hœʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hyeh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hyøʔ²/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hoe$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /hø²¹/
* hoeh6/hyeh6 - literary;
* hoe5 - vernacular.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit歇 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕiɛ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ɕiɛ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ɕie²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ɕiə²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ɕiə⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ɕiɛ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ɕiɛ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ɕi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ɕie¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ɕiə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ɕiɤ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ɕie²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ɕie³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ɕie²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ɕiɛ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ɕieʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ɕiɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕiəʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ɕiʌʔ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ɕiaʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɕiɪʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ɕiəʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ɕiəʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ɕi²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɕieʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ɕia⁵/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ɕie²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɕie²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɕiɛʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /hiat̚¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /hiet̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hit̚³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /hit̚³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /hit̚³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /hiat̚³²/ /hioʔ³²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /hyɔʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /xyɛ²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /hiaʔ²/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /he⁵⁵/ /hɛ³⁵/ /hɛ³³/ |
* Middle Chinese: xjot
Rime :
| Character | 歇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 月 (67) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 許謁切 |
| Baxter | xjot |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hɨɐt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hiɐt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xiɐt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hɨat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /xiɐt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭɐt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /xɨ̯ɐt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xie |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hit$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰat/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰad/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 歇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiē |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xjot › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰat/ |
| English | cease, rest (v.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 歇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5064 |
| Phonetic component | 曷 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰad/ |

### Definitions

歇
* to rest; to relax
* to take a break; to stop; to cease
* to decline; to decay; to fade
* to dissipate; to diffuse
* a short moment
    坐脫歇／坐脱歇 [Shanghainese] ― $^6$zu-theq-shiq [Wugniu] ― Come on in. (literally: "get seated for a moment")
* (Teochew) to stop
* (dialectal) to sleep
* (Northern Wu, dated in Shanghainese) Used to indicate that a verb has been experienced by the speaker.
    Synonym: 歇過／歇过
       From: 1923, 𨂝河唱歌 ("The River-Crossing Sing-Song") as released by the Shanghai Pathé Record Company, performed by 趙秀英
       $^7$veq-zen $^1$thin-cie-shiq-gheq [Wugniu]
       I have not heard of it.
* (Ningbonese) to lack; to be absent
       From: 1996, Tang Zhenzhu, Wu Xinmin and Wu Xinxian, 寧波方言詞典, page 363
       To learn a foreign language, you cannot do it without a radio.

#### Synonyms

* (to rest):
* 休息
* 休憩 (xiūqì) (literary)
* 停歇 (tíngxiē)
* 停睏／停困 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 喘氣／喘气 (chuǎnqì) (to take a breather)
* 安息 (ānxī)
* 憩息 (qìxī) (literary)
* 放尞 (Taiwanese Hakka)
* 敨 (tau$^2$) (Cantonese, Hakka)
* 歇喘 (Hokkien, to take a breather)
* 歇息 (xiēxi)
* 歇氣／歇气 (xiēqì) (to take a breather)
* 歇𤺪 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 歇睏／歇困 (Hakka, Hokkien)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 休息, 歇息 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 歇, 休息 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 休息 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 休息 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 歇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 歇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 歇氣, 歇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 歇, 歇氣 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 歇, 休息 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 歇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 敨, 歇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 敨, 歇, 休息 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 敨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 敨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 敨 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 敨 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 敨, 歇 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 歇 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 歇, 敨 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 歇睏, 休息 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 歇睏, 休息 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 歇睏, 休息 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 歇睏, 休息 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 歇睏, 休息 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 歇睏 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 敨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 歇 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 歇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 歇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 歇, 歇睏 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 歇睏 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 歇睏 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 歇睏 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 歇, 歇睏 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 歇 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 歇, 歇睏 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 歇, 歇睏 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 歇, 歇睏 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 歇睏 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 歇, 歇睏 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 歇睏 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 歇睏 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 歇睏 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 休息, 歇 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 休息 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 歇乏, 歇睏 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 歇, 歇乏, 休息 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 歇作, 休息 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 歇, 休息 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 歇, 休息 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 歇氣 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 歇氣 |
* (to stop):
* 中斷／中断 (zhōngduàn)
* 中止 (zhōngzhǐ)
* 休止 (xiūzhǐ)
* 停 (tíng)
* 停歇 (tíngxiē)
* 停止 (tíngzhǐ)
* 夭閼／夭阏 (yǎo'è)
* 干休 (gānxiū) (literary)
* 放煞 (Min Nan)
* 斷站／断站 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 斷節／断节 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 暫停／暂停 (zàntíng) (temporarily)
* 止 (zhǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
* 止息 (zhǐxī)
* 止煞 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 瀦／潴 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 煞 (Hokkien)
* 煞手 (Hokkien)
* 甘休 (gānxiū) (to be willing to give up)
* 終止／终止 (zhōngzhǐ)
* 絕／绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
* 罷／罢
* 罷休／罢休 (bàxiū) (chiefly in the negative)
* 罷手／罢手 (bàshǒu)
* 間斷／间断
* 須／须 (xū) (literary)
* 頓／顿

### Compounds

* 一歇 (yīxiē)
* 一歇歇
* 一歇過／一歇过
* 不歇
* 休歇 (xiūxiē)
* 停歇 (tíngxiē)
* 半歇
* 困歇
* 安歇 (ānxiē)
* 宿歇
* 密歇斯
* 少歇
* 故歇
* 晏歇
* 歇乏
* 歇力
* 歇夏
* 歇宿 (xiēsù)
* 歇寒 (hioh-kôaⁿ) (Min Nan)
* 歇工
* 歇後語／歇后语 (xiēhòuyǔ)
* 歇心
* 歇息 (xiēxi)
* 歇手 (xiēshǒu)
* 歇拍
* 歇斯底里 (xiēsīdǐlǐ)
* 歇晌
* 歇會兒／歇会儿
* 歇業／歇业 (xiēyè)
* 歇歇腳／歇歇脚
* 歇泊
* 歇涼／歇凉
* 歇熱／歇热 (hioh-joa̍h) (Min Nan)
* 歇班
* 歇腳／歇脚 (xiējiǎo)
* 歇腿
* 歇處／歇处
* 歇足
* 歇過／歇过
* 歇頂／歇顶
* 歇馬／歇马 (xiēmǎ)
* 歇馬廟／歇马庙 (Xiēmǎmiào)
* 歇馬杯／歇马杯
* 氣歇／气歇
* 消歇
* 衰歇
* 討安歇／讨安歇
* 間歇／间歇 (jiànxiē)
* 間歇噴泉／间歇喷泉
* 間歇泉／间歇泉 (jiànxiēquán)
* 間歇湖／间歇湖
* 間歇熱／间歇热 (jiànxiērè)
* 黃歇口／黄歇口 (Huángxiēkǒu)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: こち (kochi)
* Kan-on: けつ (ketsu)
* Kun: やめる (yameru, 歇める)、つきる (tsukiru)

## Korean
### Hanja

歇 • (heol) (hangeul 헐, revised heol, McCune–Reischauer hŏl, Yale hel)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

歇: Hán Nôm readings: hết, hít, yết, hét, hiết, hớt
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