歇xiē
to rest. 13 strokes, radical 欠, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin xiēStrokes 13Radical 欠Band HSK 5Words 1
How to write 歇
Strokes 1–9 write 曷, then strokes 10–13 write 欠.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 歇 · the stroke-order rules
What 歇 is made of
曷 (hé, what) and 欠 (qiàn, to lack).
欠 carries the meaning — yawn — and 曷 carries the sound.
Words that use 歇
| 歇 | to rest 指停下手中的事休息片刻 巡警坐下歇息片刻放松。The patrol officer sat down and rested for a moment. Lesson 504, 端正心态 · 行稳致远与和衷共济 · Resilient Strides & Sincere Accord |
Characters that share the sound part 曷
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 欠
All 10 of them, and what the radical means, on the 欠 radical page.