休 (xiū): meaning and stroke order
休 (xiū) means to rest, to stop doing sth for a period of time, to cease, (imperative) don't, surname Xiu.
休
- Simplified
- 休
- Traditional
- 休 (same form)
- Pinyin
- xiū
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Stroke order of 休
休
- Xiū surname Xiu
- xiū to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time
- 6 strokes
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Meaning of 休
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xiū
- to rest
- to stop doing sth for a period of time
- to cease
- (imperative) don't
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Xiū
- surname Xiu
Radical and structure
- 休
- Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 6 strokes · 亻 on the left, 木 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 休
- 休息 xiū xi rest; to rest
- 退休 tuì xiū to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
- 休假 xiū jià to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).