Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 7
休 rest
- Meaning
- rest
- On reading
- キュウ
- Kun reading
- やす(む)
Memory hook
The person radical beside 木 (tree): someone leaning on a tree, taking a break. キュウ in compounds, やす(む) on its own. 休み yasumi, a holiday.
Words that use 休
休む
やすむ
to rest
休日
きゅうじつ
day off
How to write 休
Stroke order · 6 strokes
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2
3
4
5
6
- 1. The sweep down to the left.
- 2. The vertical on the left.
- 3. The horizontal across the top.
- 4. The vertical through the centre.
- 5. The sweep down to the left.
- 6. The diagonal down to the right.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
休 is taught on day 28 of the kanji course, alongside 会 店 駅, with two writing passes and a short quiz.