Taxonomy of meanings for 憩:　　

  • 憩 qì (OC: khrads MC: kʰɯiɛi) 去例切 去 廣韻：【同憩 】
  • 憩 qì (OC: khrads MC: kʰɯiɛi) 去例切 去 廣韻：【息也去例切六 】
    • REST
      • viacttake a rest
    • STOP

      Additional information about 憩

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        Criteria
      • REST

        1. The current general word for resting is xí 息 (ant. zuò 作 "work").

        2. Xiū 休 (ant. láo 勞 "work hard") refers to brief break in a working process.

        3. Yàn 晏 (ant. qín 勤 "work assiduously") refers to relaxing at home.

        4. Qì 憩 (ant. xīn 辛 "work strenuously until exhaustion") is an elevated poetic word for resting.

        NB: Xiē 歇 is post-Han.