The kanji 憩: meaning, readings and stroke order
憩
- Meaning
- rest, relax
- On reading
- ケイ kei
- Kun reading
- いこ(い) ikoi、いこ(う) ikou
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 心 heart
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- nghỉ ngơi (khế)
- Japanese
- やすむ。いこう。
- Korean
- 쉬다 (게)
- Chinese
- 休息、歇
Readings, words and example sentences
ケイ kei · on reading · less common
休憩
break, rest
十分間の 休憩を 取ります。
We take a ten-minute break.
いこ(い) ikoi · kun reading · less common
憩い
relaxation, a place to unwind
公園は 町の 憩いの 場です。
The park is a place for the people of the town to relax.
いこ(う) ikou · kun reading · less common
憩う
to rest, to relax
木かげで しばらく 憩います。
We rest for a while in the shade of a tree.
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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.