息
いき · iki · JLPT N3 · noun
breath
🌬️👃 息 = 自 (nose) + 心 (heart): air that goes from the nose to the heart
自 began as a drawing of a nose, and 心 means heart. Put them together and you get breath. To hear いき, think of 生きる (ikiru, to live): living means breathing.