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Grade Level: 1
JLPT Level: 4

Frequency: 642

Bushu (Radical) Info:
人 (ひと)
person
化 (カ, ケ, ば.ける, ば.かす, ふ.ける, け.する)
change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization
个 (カ , コ, こ, ひ)
counter for articles; individual

Henshall Mnemonic:
person rests against tree

Stroke Order Diagram (SOD): 6 Strokes

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On-Yomi Reading(s): キュウ	Kun-Yomi Reading(s): やす.むやす.まるやす.める	English Meaning(s): rest day off retire sleep
Popular words and/or phrases using this kanji: Click any individual kanji to view it in a new window. Click the [K] after each definition to look up that character at WWWJDIC; Click the [D] to look up that word in WWWJDIC (the definition is the same but other features exist, like sample usage, variations of the word, etc.) お休み [おやすみ] (n) (1) holiday; absence; rest; (2) (exp) Good night [K] [D] お休みなさい [おやすみなさい] (exp,int) good night [K] [D] 一休み [ひとやすみ] (n) rest [K] [D] 運休 [うんきゅう] (n) service suspended (e.g. trains) [K] [D] 夏休み [なつやすみ] (n) summer vacation; summer holiday [K] [D] 帰休 [ききゅう] (n) (military) leave; furlough [K] [D] 休 [きゅう] (n,vi,vs) rest; taking a day off; being finished; being absent; retire; sleep [K] [D] 休まる [やすまる] (v5r) to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved [K] [D] 休み [やすみ] (n) (1) rest; recess; respite; (2) vacation; holiday; absence; suspension; (3) moulting [K] [D] 休む [やすむ] (v5m,vi) to rest; to have a break; to take a day off; to be finished; to be absent; to retire; to sleep [K] [D] 休める [やすめる] (v1) to rest; to suspend; to give relief [K] [D] 休暇 [きゅうか] (n) holiday; day off; furlough [K] [D] 休学 [きゅうがく] (n) temporary absence from school; suspension [K] [D] 休刊 [きゅうかん] (n) suspension of publication [K] [D] 休館 [きゅうかん] (n) library or museum closure [K] [D] 休業 [きゅうぎょう] (n) closed (e.g. store); business suspended; shutdown; holiday [K] [D] 休憩 [きゅうけい] (n,vs) rest; break; recess; intermission [K] [D] 休憩所 [きゅうけいじょ] (n) restroom; lounge [K] [D] 休校 [きゅうこう] (n) closing school (temporarily); dropping one\'s studies [K] [D] 休講 [きゅうこう] (n) lecture cancelled [K] [D] 休止 [きゅうし] (n,vs) pause; cessation; rest [K] [D] 休場 [きゅうじょう] (n) theater closure; stage absence [K] [D] 休職 [きゅうしょく] (n) temporary retirement; suspension from office [K] [D] 休戦 [きゅうせん] (n) truce; armistice [K] [D] 休息 [きゅうそく] (n) rest; relief; relaxation [K] [D] 休日 [きゅうじつ] (n-adv,n) holiday; day off [K] [D] 休養 [きゅうよう] (n) rest; break; recreation [K] [D] 週休 [しゅうきゅう] (n) weekly holiday [K] [D] 春休み [はるやすみ] (n) spring break; spring vacation [K] [D] 昼休み [ひるやすみ] (n-adv,n-t) lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period [K] [D] 定休 [ていきゅう] (n) regular holiday [K] [D] 定休日 [ていきゅうび] (n) regular holiday [K] [D] 冬休み [ふゆやすみ] (n) winter vacation [K] [D] 無休 [むきゅう] (n) without a holiday; nonstop [K] [D] 遊休 [ゆうきゅう] (n) idle; unused; fallow [K] [D] 連休 [れんきゅう] (n) consecutive holidays [K] [D]

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