吸 (xī) — Chinese Character

吸

xī

to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale

Radical: 口 HSK 4 v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

吸 decomposes into the following components:

口及

Semantic component: 口; phonetic component: 及.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 吸.

吮吸

shǔn xī

吸住

xī zhù

吸入

xī rù

吸力

xī lì

吸取

xī qǔ

吸口

xī kǒu

吸吮

xī shǔn

吸地

xī dì

吸声

xī shēng

吸奶

xī nǎi

吸尽

xī jìn

吸引

xī yǐn

Characters that share the radical 口.

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