休

See also: 体

休	U+4F11, 休 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F11

← 伐
[U+4F10]

CJK Unified Ideographs

伒 →
[U+4F12]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

休 (radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人木 (OD), four-corner 2429₀, composition ⿰亻木)

References

KangXi: page 96, character 2

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 440

Dae Jaweon: page 203, character 2

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 117, character 18

Unihan data for U+4F11

Chinese

simp. and trad.		休

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 休

Shang

Western Zhou

Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)

Liushutong (compiled in Ming)

Oracle bone script

Bronze inscriptions

Small seal script

Transcribed ancient scripts

**Oracle bone script**
j14217	j14218	j14219	j14220	j14221	j14222	j14223	j14224
j14225

**Bronze inscriptions**
b08748	b08749	b08750	b08751	b08752	b08753	b08754	b08755
b08756	b08757	b08758	b08759	b08760	b08761	b08762	b08763
b08764	b08765	b08766	b08767	b08768	b08769	b08770	b08771
b08772	b08773	b08774	b08775	b08776	b08777	b08778	b08779
b08780	b08781	b08782	b08783	b08784	b08785	b08786	b08787
b08788	b08789	b08790	b08791	b08793	b08794	b08795	b08796
b08797	b08798	b08799	b08800	b08801	b08802	b08803	b08804
b08805	b08806	b08807	b08808	b08809

**Small seal script**
s04385

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
L11653	L11654	L11655	L11656	L11657	L11658	L11659

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (休) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
茠	*qʰuː
烋	qʰruː, qʰru
恘	*kʰu
休	*qʰu
貅	*qʰu
咻	qʰu, qʰoʔ
庥	*qʰu
鵂	*qʰu
髤	*qʰu
髹	*qʰu

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 人 (“man”) + 木 (“tree”) – a man leaning against a tree, resting.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiū (xiu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiû
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hiu

(Teochew, Peng'im): hiun¹ / hiu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ
  - Wade–Giles: hsiu¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiou
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau¹
  - Yale: yāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiû
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiu¹
  - IPA: /hi̯u²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu
  - Tâi-lô: hiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiu⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hiun¹ / hiu¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiuⁿ / hiu
  - IPA ^(key): /hĩũ³³/, /hiu³³/

Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 休
Mandarin	Beijing	/ɕiou⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ɕiou⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/ɕiou²¹/
	Jinan	/ɕiou²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ɕiou²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/ɕiou²⁴/
	Xi'an	/ɕiou²¹/
	Xining	/ɕiɯ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ɕiəu⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/ɕiou³¹/
	Ürümqi	/ɕiɤu⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/ɕiəu⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/ɕiəu⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/ɕiəu⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ɕiəu⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/ɕiəɯ³¹/
	Hefei	/ɕiɯ²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɕiəu¹¹/
	Pingyao	/ɕiəu¹³/
	Hohhot	/ɕiəu³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɕiɤ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/ɕiɤ⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ɕiø³³/
	Wenzhou	/ɕau³³/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕiu³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/siu¹¹/ ～息 /ɕiu¹¹/ ～寧
Xiang	Changsha	/ɕiəu³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ɕiəɯ³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/ɕiu⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/hiu⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/hiu²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jɐu⁵³/
	Nanning	/jɐu⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/jɐu⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/hiu⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/hieu⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/xiu⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/hĩu³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/hiu²³/

Middle Chinese: /hɨu/▼

Rime
Character	休
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許尤切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/hiu/
Shao Rongfen	/xiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huw/
Li Rong	/xiu/
Wang Li	/xĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiū

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰ(r)u/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʰu/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	休	休
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiū	xiū
Middle Chinese	‹ xjuw ›	‹ xjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰ(r)u/	/*qʰ(r)u/
English	rest (v.)	blessing
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	休
Reading #	1/1
No.	13919
Phonetic component	休
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	休
Old Chinese	/*qʰu/

Definitions

休

to rest; to relax
joyous; happy
to stop; to cease
to retire
(historical) to cast off one’s wife and send her home; to divorce one's wife
do not; don't
A surname.

Compounds

Derived terms from 休

不休 (bùxiū)
不眠不休 (bùmiánbùxiū)
不肯干休
不能自休
中休 (zhōngxiū)
乞休
休休
休假 (xiūjià)
休克 (xiūkè)
休兵
休刊 (xiūkān)
休命
休咎
休士頓市／休士顿市
休妻 (xiūqī)
休嫌
休學／休学 (xiūxué)
休屠
休崙湖／休仑湖
休市
休徵／休征
休怪
休息 (xiūxi)
休息室 (xiūxishì)
休想 (xiūxiǎng)
休憩 (xiūqì)
休戚 (xiūqī)
休戚相關／休戚相关
休戚與共／休戚与共
休戰／休战 (xiūzhàn)
休提
休明
休暇 (xiūxiá)
休書／休书 (xiūshū)
休會／休会 (xiūhuì)
休業／休业 (xiūyè)
休業式／休业式
休歇 (xiūxiē)

休止 (xiūzhǐ)
休止符 (xiūzhǐfú)
休沐
休火山 (xiūhuǒshān)
休烈
休牛放馬／休牛放马
休牛散馬／休牛散马
休牛歸馬／休牛归马
休眠 (xiūmián)
休眠期
休眠火山 (xiūmián huǒshān)
休管
休耕 (xiūgēng)
休職／休职 (xiūzhí)
休致
休診／休诊 (xiūzhěn)
休閒／休闲 (xiūxián)
休閒活動／休闲活动
休離／休离
休養／休养 (xiūyǎng)
休養生息／休养生息
何休
便休
公休
刺刺不休
勒休
同休共戚
呶呶不休 (náonáobùxiū)
善罷干休／善罢干休
善罷甘休／善罢甘休
喋喋不休 (diédié bùxiū)
天休
奪休／夺休
官休
干休 (gānxiū)
意休不休
按甲休兵

旬休
更休
棘棘不休
欲語還休／欲语还休
欲說還休／欲说还休
歸休／归休
無了無休／无了无休
無疆之休／无疆之休
無盡無休／无尽无休
燠休
甘休
病休
皮日休
紹休聖緒／绍休圣绪
絮絮不休
罷休／罢休 (bàxiū)
耶律休哥
至死方休
與國同休／与国同休
與民休息／与民休息
萬事皆休／万事皆休
解甲休兵
解甲休士
討休／讨休
話休絮煩／话休絮烦
誓不甘休
貫休／贯休
買休／买休
買休賣休／买休卖休
輪休／轮休 (lúnxiū)
退休 (tuìxiū)
退休金 (tuìxiūjīn)
長休告／长休告
長休飯／长休饭
雖休勿休／虽休勿休
離休／离休 (líxiū)
風休冰解／风休冰解

Japanese

See also 休する

Noun

休 (hiragana きゅう, rōmaji kyū)

rest; vacation

Kanji

休

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Goon: く (ku)
Kan’on: きゅう (kyū, Jōyō)^{←きう (kiu, historical)}
Kun: やすまる (yasumaru, 休まる, Jōyō); やすむ (yasumu, 休む, Jōyō); やすめる (yasumeru, 休める, Jōyō); いこう (ikou, 休う)^{←いこふ (ikofu, historical)}; やむ (yamu, 休む)
Nanori: やすみ (yasumi)

Compounds

Compounds containing 休

休 (きゅう)意 (い) (kyūi): peace, tranquility
休 (きゅう)演 (えん) (kyūen): suspending performance
休 (きゅう)暇 (か) (kyūka): holiday, day off
休 (きゅう)火 (か)山 (ざん) (kyūkazan): dormant volcano
休 (きゅう)会 (かい) (kyūkai): adjournment, recess
休 (きゅう)学 (がく) (kyūgaku): suspension of studies
休 (きゅう)刊 (かん) (kyūkan): suspension of publication
休 (きゅう)閑 (かん) (kyūkan): fallowing
休 (きゅう)館 (かん) (kyūkan): library or museum closure
休 (きゅう)漁 (りょう) (kyūryō): suspension of fishing
休 (きゅう)業 (ぎょう) (kyūgyō): business closure
休 (きゅう)憩 (けい) (kyūkei): rest
休 (きゅう)校 (こう) (kyūkō): school closure
休 (きゅう)耕 (こう) (kyūkō): lying fallow
休 (きゅう)航 (こう) (kyūkō): suspension of sailing
休 (きゅう)講 (こう) (kyūkō): canceled lecture
休 (きゅう)載 (さい) (kyūsai): suspension of publication
休 (きゅう)止 (し) (kyūshi): pause
休 (きゅう)祥 (しょう) (kyūshō): good omen

休 (きゅう)場 (じょう) (kyūjō): theater closure, stage absence
休 (きゅう)職 (しょく) (kyūshoku): suspension from office
休 (きゅう)心 (しん) (kyūshin): rest assured
休 (きゅう)診 (しん) (kyūshin): temporary closing of doctor's office
休 (きゅう)錘 (すい) (kyūsui): suspension of fabric factory operations
休 (きゅう)戚 (せき) (kyūseki): joy and sorrow
休 (きゅう)戦 (せん) (kyūsen): truce, armistice
休 (きゅう)息 (そく) (kyūsoku): rest, relaxation
足 (あしや)休 (すめ) (ashiyasume): resting feet
休 (きゅう)怠 (たい) (kyūtai): laziness
休 (きゅう)廷 (てい) (kyūtei): court recess
休 (きゅう)転 (てん) (kyūten): suspension of operations
休 (きゅう)電 (でん) (kyūden): electricity outage
休 (きゅう)日 (じつ) (kyūjitsu): holiday, day off
休 (きゅう)泊 (はく)所 (じょ) (kyūhakujo): resting place
休 (きゅう)符 (ふ) (kyūfu): rest (in music)
休 (きゅう)眠 (みん) (kyūmin): idle
休 (きゅう)養 (よう) (kyūyō): rest
運 (うん)休 (きゅう) (unkyū)

Related terms

休ませる
休まる
休み
休める
休らう

Korean

Hanja

休 • (hyu)

Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 휴 (revised: hyu, McCune–Reischauer: hyu)
- Name (hangeul): 쉴

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Vietnamese

Han character

休 (hưu, hầu, hươu)

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References

Nom Foundation

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