息
JLPT HSK 2

xī
Top: oneself 自 (The emphasized (= with an accent) ノ eye 目 shows the own self.), bottom: heart 心
I myself and my heart need breath.

	自
JLPT HSK 3

zì
Eye 目 with an emphasis ノ
The accented (= emphasized) eye shows the own self.

	夏
JLPT HSK 3

xià
From top: cover 一 (against the sun), I, myself 自 (The emphasized ノ eye 目 is myself.), upturned foot (=sitting cross-legged) 夂
Covered (= in the shade) I myself sit cross-legged, because it is summer.

	鼻
JLPT HSK 3

bí
From top: self 自, 畀 (rice field 田, plant 艹)
(because of hay fever) I myself in a field with plants (= hay) and it itches in my nose.

	咱
JLPT HSK 4

zán, zá
Left: mouth 口, right: self 自 (The accented ノ eye 目 shows the own self.)
The mouth itself, that is me.

	臭
JLPT HSK 5

chòu, xiù
Top: self 自 (The accented (= emphasized) ノ eye 目 shows the own self, thus the 'ego'), below: dog 犬 (The big 大 person holds it 丶 in the arms)
His ego is like a dog: Both stink!

	嗅
JLPT HSK 6

xiù
Left: mouth 口, right: smell/stink/smack 臭 (His ego 自 is like a dog 犬 that it stinks.) [犬 = The big 大 man holds it 丶 in his arms.]
With open mouth the stink can be smelled.

	瘪
JLPT no HSK

biě
Left: disease 疒 (An ice- 冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), right: self 自 (The accented ノ eye 目 shows the own self.), 仑 (= 人 + 匕)
The disease, where you yourself 自 change from a upright person 人 to a sitting person 匕, is being: deflated.