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憩 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「心」

道
3Junior high level ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「心」
On
ケイけい · kei
Kun
いこ.い・いこ.うiko.i · iko.u
Meaning
rest; recess

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

With 息 "breath" and 心 "heart": to catch one's breath and rest — to rest.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onケイけいkei休憩きゅうけい
Kunいこいikoi憩いいこい
Kunいこうikō憩ういこう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 休憩きゅうけい

    break; recess

  • 小憩しょうけい

    short rest

More words with this kanji

  • 憩ういこう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

十(じゅう)分(ぶん)の休憩(きゅうけい)をとった。

We took a ten-minute break.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

休憩小憩憩休rest小small忌abhor怠neglec…愚foolis…慈mercy慕yearn…刑punish…契pledge啓enligh…掲put up掛hang
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 心Map of reading ケイAll maps

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