KYUU yasu (rest)

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Character Etymology:

The leftmost radical is a person and the rightmost radical is a tree. Tree is used partially phonetically to express stop/stay, and partly semantically as tree, i.e. a shady place where people stop to rest. Now means stop or rest in general.

A Listing of All On-Yomi and Kun-Yomi Readings:

on-yomi: KYUU
kun-yomi: yasu(mu) yasu(maru) yasu(meru)

English Definitions:

1. yasu(mu),kyuu(suru): rest; to take a day off; be absent; retire; sleep.
2. yasu(meru): rest (oneself); let idle; give relief to.
3. yasu(maru): be rested; feel at east; be relieved.
4. yasu(maseru): excuse (someone); give a holiday to; make someone rest.
5. yasura(u): rest, relax.
6. yasu(mi): rest, recess, respite, suspension; vacation, holiday; absence; molting.

Unicode Encoded Version:

休

Unicode Encoded Compound Examples:

休火山 (kyuukazan): dormant volcano.
休日 (kyuujitsu): holiday, rest day.
休戦協定 (kyuusen kyootei): cease-fire agreement.

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