休
surname Xiu
to rest / to stop doing sth for a period of time / to cease / (imperative) don't
休 character breakdown
"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)
亻
=
丿
+
丨
:
Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.
Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).
Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).
(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden
Characters with 休 as component
protection / shade
call out / jeer
to boil or fumigate
red lacquer / to lacquer
see 貔貅[pi2 xiu1], composite mythical animal (originally 貅 was the female)
meaning uncertain, related to 戾[li4], to violate
to weed / to eradicate
Words with 休
lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom) / fig. if you do it at all, you may as well go the whole hog / in for a penny, in for a pound