休

Information about character(s)

Radical: 人
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 6

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiū, xù
Cantonese: jau1
JapaneseKun: YASUMU IKOU YAMERU
JapaneseOn: KYUU KU
Korean: HYU
Vietnamese: hưu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: rest, stop; retire; do not!

CE-Dict: to rest/to stop doing sth for a period of time/to cease/(imperative) don't

Soothill: Desist, give up; resign; divorce; blessing, favour.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to rest
2.to cease; to stop
3.[Formal] good luck

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: cease; don't; rest; stop

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: cease; don't; rest; stop

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《木部》休息止也。从人依木。

康熙字典文字版 【子集中】【人字部】休
【唐韻】許尤切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】虛尤切，𠀤朽平聲。美善也，慶也。【書·太甲】實萬世無疆之休。又【周官】作德心逸日休。【詩·商頌】何天之休。　又宥也。【書·呂𠛬】雖休勿休。【註】宥之也。我雖以爲宥，爾惟勿宥。　又【爾雅·釋訓】休休，儉也。【疏】良士顧禮節之儉也。【詩·唐風】良士休休。　又休沐，言休假也。一曰下沐，一曰旬休。唐法，旬休者一月三旬，遇旬則休沐，卽十日一洗沐也。　又致仕曰休。　又休息。【禮·月令】季秋之月，霜始降，則百工休。　又【揚子·方言】稱傀儡戲曰休，亦曰提休。　又地名。漢封楚元王子爲休侯。見【史記·年表】。　又【爾雅·釋木】休，無實李。【註】一名趙李。　又蚤休，藥名。　又姓。　又休休，人名。見【五代史】。　又【集韻】吁句切，音煦。氣以溫之也。【周禮·冬官考工記】弓人角之，本蹙於𠜶，而休於氣。　又同咻。【左傳·昭三年】民人痛疾，而或燠休之。【註】燠休，痛念聲。　又叶虚嬌切，音囂。【陸雲·贈鄭曼季詩】拊翼墜夕，和鳴興朝。我之思之，言懷其休。　又叶匈于切，音虛。【吳志·胡綜黃龍大牙賦】含契河洛，動與道俱。天贊人和，僉曰惟休。　【說文】休在木部，人依木則休。《爾雅》庇䕃曰休，會止木庇息意。◎按今《爾雅·釋言》本作庇庥䕃也。
考證：〔【書·說命】實萬世無疆之休。〕　謹照原書說命改太甲。〔按今爾雅釋木本作庇庥䕃也。〕謹照原書釋木改釋言。

Buddhism words and phrases rest

CF-Dict: cesser/se reposer

Han-De-Dict: beenden, sich ausruhen (u.E.) (V)/sich ausruhen (u.E.) (V)