Chinese Character Wiki
休

xiū

rest

Depicts a person (亻) resting under a tree (木).

Components
亻 iconic component

亻  Iconic component

rén

  

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

木 iconic component

木  Iconic component

mù

  

tree

Evolution

休 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
休 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
休 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
休 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
休 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

休  

xiū

rest, stop; retire; do not!; to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease; (imperative) don't

休  

Xiū

surname Xiu

Most common words with 休
Freq.
Word
Meaning

休息

rest

休闲

leisure

退休

to retire

休

to rest

休假

to take a vacation

Component uses

Sound component in 6 characters (0 verified)

咻 庥 鵂 鸺 髹 貅

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*qʰ(r)u

xjuw

xiū

rest (v.)

*qʰ(r)u

xjuw

xiū

blessing


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 57.8888% of movies

715th most common character in movies

1082nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+4F11

Shuowen

“休，息止也。从人依木。庥，休或从广。”


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