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Kanji Detail for 休 - "to rest"

休

  • Meaning

    休 means "to rest." Also associated with fortune, to quit.

    1. To rest - To take a break; to relax; to pause; to recuperate.

    2. Fortune - Happiness; joy; something auspicious.

    3. To quit - To stop; to cease work or activity.

    4. Prohibition - Read as "stop" or "do not," expressing the meaning of "don't do."

    5. Good - Wonderful; excellent; splendid.

    6. To grieve - To feel pain; to pity; to lament.

  • Words using 休

    • 休み やすみ Listen rest; recess; respite
    • 休日 きゅうじつ Listen holiday; day off
    • 休暇 きゅうか Listen holiday; vacation; day off
    • 夏休み なつやすみ Listen summer vacation; summer holiday
    • 休業 きゅうぎょう Listen suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown
    • 連休 れんきゅう Listen consecutive holidays
    • 休憩 きゅうけい Listen rest; break; recess
    • 週休 しゅうきゅう Listen weekly holiday

  • Four-character idioms with 休

    • 不眠不休 ふみんふきゅう Listen no sleep or rest; working day and night
    • 閑話休題 かんわきゅうだい Listen getting back to the subject at hand, ...; (but) to return to the main topic, ...; so much for digressions, ...

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    • Verified meaning: to rest
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きゅう, きゅうとく, やすみ, やすむ)
    • Also carries these associations: fortune, to quit

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 休

    Given names 休(やすみ)Listen

    Surnames 休(きゅう)Listen 休(きゅうとく)Listen 休(やすむ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    rest; day off; retire; sleep

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    rest, stop; retire; do not!

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Xiu

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to rest; to stop; to retire

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Beautiful; good. Auspicious. Also written as 庥. | To rest. In Tang law, all officials rested and bathed once every ten days, called 旬休. | To stop; to cease. Such as the colloquial 罷休 (give up). | Retirement is called 休. Hence returning home in one's old age with original rank is called 休致. | In ancient times, divorcing one's wife was called 休. The divorce document is called 休書.

  • Onyomi

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    kyuu(キュウ) キュウ

  • Kunyomi

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    yasu.maru(やす-まる) やす-まる

    yasu.meru(やす-める) やす-める

    yasu.mu(やす-む) やす-む

  • Strokes

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    6 strokes

  • Radical

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    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    to rest fortune to quit good prohibition break vacation calmness downtime hiatus idleness leisure pause peace recreation refreshment relax repose respite sabbatical serenity stillness time off

Sentences including 休

  • Do you sometimes go abroad on your holidays?

  • I wanted to work this summer.

  • I am off today.

  • It will do you good to have a holiday.

  • I expect to take a vacation in may.

  • We enjoyed our holidays to the full.

  • Don't pull my leg !

  • The summer vacation begins in july.

  • Good night and sweet dreams.

  • I felt better after i took a rest.

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