熄
xī HSK7

put out

To end 息 a flame 火; 息 also provides the pronunciation

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
息
息 SoundMeaning component
xi, xī breathe, rest

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsiksəkextinguish
Zhengzhangslɯɡ

說文解字

畜火也。从火息聲。亦曰滅火。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)