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The kanji 休: meaning, readings and stroke order
休
- Meaning
- rest
- On reading
- キュウ kyuu
- Kun reading
- やす（む） yasumu、やす（まる） yasumaru、やす（める） yasumeru
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 人 man, human
- Level
- Level 1 · grade 1
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- nghỉ ngơi (hưu)
- Japanese
- やすむ。
- Korean
- 쉬다 (휴)
- Chinese
- 休息
Readings, words and example sentences
キュウ kyuu · on reading
休日
day off
あしたは 休日です。
Tomorrow is a day off.
やす（む） yasumu · kun reading
休む
to rest, to stay home from
かぜで 学校を 休みました。
I stayed home from school with a cold.
やす（まる） yasumaru · kun reading
休まる
to feel rested and calm
森に いると 気が 休まります。
Being in the forest makes me feel calm.
やす（める） yasumeru · kun reading
休める
to give a rest to
すわって 足を 休めます。
I sit down and rest my legs.
Practise writing 休 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 休 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 1 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.