休 — rest, day off, retire

やすみ休 rest

やすみ

U+4F11 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #642 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #965 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

rest
day off
retire

Readings

On'yomi: きゅう kyuu
Kun'yomi: やす yasu

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やす yasu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

休(やす) み yasumi rest 休(やす) む yasumu to rest 休(やす) める yasumeru to rest 一(ひと) 休(やす) み hitoyasumi (short) rest 休(やす) まる yasumaru to be rested 夏(なつ) 休(やす) み natsuyasumi summer vacation 昼(ひる) 休(やす) み hiruyasumi lunch break 冬(ふゆ) 休(やす) み fuyuyasumi winter vacation

きゅう kyuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

休(きゅう) 日(じつ) kyuujitsu holiday 休(きゅう) kyuu rest 休(きゅう) 校(こう) kyuukou school closure 休(きゅう) する kyuusuru to come to an end 休(きゅう) 学(がく) kyuugaku temporary absence from school 休(きゅう) 止(し) kyuushi suspension 休(きゅう) 場(じょう) kyuujou absence from venue 帰(き) 休(きゅう) kikyuu leave

Words by frequency and grade

36 words

Each dot is a word containing 休: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 20 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Appears in idioms

不眠不休四字熟語

negative sleep, negative rest

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

亻 person (left form)

き木 tree #75

Compound ideograph (会意). A person (人) leaning against a tree (木) — the image of someone resting in the shade. One of the most visually intuitive kanji compositions.

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