休 — Chinese character
休
xiū
to rest; to stop; to retire
- Pinyin
- xiū
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 亻 木
- Formation
- ideographic — A person 亻 leaning against a tree 木
- Japanese
- 休 as a kanji
Common words with 休
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 休息 | xiū xi | rest; to rest |
| 退休 | tuì xiū | to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement |
| 休闲 (休閒) | xiū xián | leisure; relaxation |
| 休假 | xiū jià | to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave |
| 退休金 | tuì xiū jīn | retirement pension; pension payments received after retirement |
| 不休 | bù xiū | endlessly; ceaselessly |
| 休养 (休養) | xiū yǎng | to recuperate; to recover |
| 休息室 | xiū xī shì | lobby; lounge |
| 休克 | xiū kè | (medicine) (loanword) shock; to go into shock |
| 休战 (休戰) | xiū zhàn | armistice |
| 罢休 (罷休) | bà xiū | to give up; to abandon (a goal etc) |
| 休憩 | xiū qì | to rest; to relax |
English words written with 休
休 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Art of War 1 · I Ching 2 · Mencius 3 · Zhuangzi 35 · Great Learning 2
- Art of War 9.38
- Hexagram 12
- Hexagram 24
- Mencius 1B.4
- Mencius 2B.14
- Mencius 3B.5
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.