Wiktionary

休

See also: 体
休 U+4F11, 休
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F11
← 伐
[U+4F10] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 伒 →
[U+4F12]
㊡ U+32A1, ㊡
CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH REST
← ㊠
[U+32A0] 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㊢ →
[U+32A2]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

休 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人木 (OD), four-corner 24290, composition ⿰亻木)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 96, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 440
  • Dae Jaweon: page 203, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 117, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+4F11

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
 休

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 休
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       
Oracle bone script
 

j14217

 

j14218

 

j14219

 

j14220

 

j14221

 

j14222

 

j14223

 

j14224

 

j14225

Bronze inscriptions
 

b08748

 

b08749

 

b08750

 

b08751

 

b08752

 

b08753

 

b08754

 

b08755

 

b08756

 

b08757

 

b08758

 

b08759

 

b08760

 

b08761

 

b08762

 

b08763

 

b08764

 

b08765

 

b08766

 

b08767

 

b08768

 

b08769

 

b08770

 

b08771

 

b08772

 

b08773

 

b08774

 

b08775

 

b08776

 

b08777

 

b08778

 

b08779

 

b08780

 

b08781

 

b08782

 

b08783

 

b08784

 

b08785

 

b08786

 

b08787

 

b08788

 

b08789

 

b08790

 

b08791

 

b08793

 

b08794

 

b08795

 

b08796

 

b08797

 

b08798

 

b08799

 

b08800

 

b08801

 

b08802

 

b08803

 

b08804

 

b08805

 

b08806

 

b08807

 

b08808

 

b08809

Small seal script
 

s04385

Transcribed ancient scripts
 

L11653

 

L11654

 

L11655

 

L11656

 

L11657

 

L11658

 

L11659

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (休) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
茠 *qʰuː
烋 *qʰruː, *qʰru
恘 *kʰu
休 *qʰu
貅 *qʰu
咻 *qʰu, *qʰoʔ
庥 *qʰu
鵂 *qʰu
髤 *qʰu
髹 *qʰu

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 人 (“man”) + 木 (“tree”) – a man leaning against a tree, resting.

Pronunciation edit

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 休
Mandarin Beijing /ɕiou⁵⁵/
Harbin /ɕiou⁴⁴/
Tianjin /ɕiou²¹/
Jinan /ɕiou²¹³/
Qingdao /ɕiou²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ɕiou²⁴/
Xi'an /ɕiou²¹/
Xining /ɕiɯ⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕiəu⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ɕiou³¹/
Ürümqi /ɕiɤu⁴⁴/
Wuhan /ɕiəu⁵⁵/
Chengdu /ɕiəu⁵⁵/
Guiyang /ɕiəu⁵⁵/
Kunming /ɕiəu⁴⁴/
Nanjing /ɕiəɯ³¹/
Hefei /ɕiɯ²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕiəu¹¹/
Pingyao /ɕiəu¹³/
Hohhot /ɕiəu³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɕiɤ⁵³/
Suzhou /ɕiɤ⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ɕiø³³/
Wenzhou /ɕau³³/
Hui Shexian /ɕiu³¹/
Tunxi /siu¹¹/ ～息
/ɕiu¹¹/ ～寧
Xiang Changsha /ɕiəu³³/
Xiangtan /ɕiəɯ³³/
Gan Nanchang /ɕiu⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /hiu⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /hiu²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jɐu⁵³/
Nanning /jɐu⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /jɐu⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /hiu⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /hieu⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /xiu⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /hĩu³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /hiu²³/
Rime
Character 休
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 許尤切
Baxter xjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hɨu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hiu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/huw/
Li
Rong 		/xiu/
Wang
Li 		/xĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/xi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xiū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jau1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 休 休
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xiū xiū
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xjuw › ‹ xjuw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰ(r)u/ /*qʰ(r)u/
English rest (v.) blessing

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 休
Reading # 1/1
No. 13919
Phonetic
component 		休
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		休
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰu/

Definitions edit

休

  1. to rest; to relax
  2. joyous; happy
    休戚與共／休戚与共  ―  xiūqīyǔgòng  ―  to share joys and sorrows; to be happy and sorrowful together
  3. (archaic, literary) glory; virtue; goodness (what is worthy of praise and celebration)
  4. (archaic, literary) bliss; auspicious omen
  5. to stop; to cease
    喋喋不休  ―  diédiébùxiū  ―  to talk endlessly
  6. to retire
  7. (historical) to cast off one’s wife and send her home; to divorce one's wife
  8. do not; don't
  9. a surname
  10. A transliteration of the English male given name Hugh
    休·傑克曼／休·杰克曼  ―  Xiū Jiékèmàn  ―  Hugh Jackman

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

See also 休する

Kanji edit

休

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Noun edit

休(きゅう) • (kyū) ←きう (kiu)?

  1. rest; vacation

Compounds edit

Compounds containing 休

Related terms edit

Korean edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 休 (MC xjuw).

Historical readings

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

休 (eumhun 쉴 휴 (swil hyu))

  1. Hanja form? of 휴 (“rest; relax”).

Compounds edit

Compounds

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

休: Hán Nôm readings: hưu

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References edit

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