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休 = 亻 + 木

休 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “rest”. It is built from 亻 (person) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1038.

Keyword
rest
RTK frame
1038
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キュウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
やす.む, やす.まる, やす.める
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
отдыхать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
休 rest

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 亻 person
  2. 木 tree

How to find 休 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “person” + “tree”. 休 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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