What does the kanji 休 mean?

The kanji 休 (yasumu) means "rest, day off, retire, sleep". It is a JLPT N5 character.

What kanji is "yasumu"?

"yasumu" is written with the kanji 休, meaning "rest, day off, retire, sleep". Its readings are onyomi (Chinese-derived) きゅう (kyū), kunyomi (native Japanese) やすむ (yasumu). It is a JLPT N5 character.

How do you write the kanji 休?

Write 休 ("rest") by following the correct stroke order. Use the interactive, step-by-step stroke order animation on this page to practise each stroke in sequence and build muscle memory.

What are the readings of 休?

休 has these readings: onyomi (Chinese-derived) きゅう (kyū), kunyomi (native Japanese) やすむ (yasumu).

休“rest” Kanjiyasumu / kyū

JLPT N5

How to write 休

休 (rest) kanji stroke order diagram with numbered strokes

Meaning and readings

Meaning

rest, day off, retire, sleep

Onyomi (音読み)

きゅう kyū

Chinese reading

Kunyomi (訓読み)

やす（む） yasu(mu)

Japanese reading

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Example sentences using 休

Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.

きょうかぜで学校がっこうを休やすみました。
I didn't go to school today because I had a cold.
休み (やすみ)
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休やすみの日ひはいつも何なにをしますか。
What do you usually do on holidays?
休み (やすみ)
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ソシャゲのイベントで休日きゅうじつをつぶした。
I wasted my day off on a social gaming event.
休日 (きゅうじつ)
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Read 休 in a story

Short Japanese comics written so that every word in them is JLPT N5. One of them teaches this character — the match is on the words an episode teaches, not every character in its dialogue.