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U+4F11, 休
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F11

[U+4F10]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4F12]
U+32A1, ㊡
CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH REST

[U+32A0]
Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
[U+32A2]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
6 strokes

Han character[edit]

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

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.

Glyph origin[edit]

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





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).

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意): (man) + (tree) – a man leaning against a tree, resting.

Pronunciation[edit]



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
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
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (32)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
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
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 13919
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰu/

Definitions[edit]

  1. to rest; to relax
  2. joyous; happy
    戚與共戚与共  ―  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  ―  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
    ·傑克曼·杰克曼  ―  Xiū Jiékèmàn  ―  Hugh Jackman

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

See also 休する

Kanji[edit]

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Noun[edit]

(きゅう) (kyūきう (kiu)?

  1. rest; vacation

Compounds[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Chinese (MC xjuw).

Historical readings

Pronunciation[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun (swil hyu))

  1. Hanja form? of (rest; relax).

Compounds[edit]

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]

: Hán Nôm readings: hưu

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References[edit]