音読み: ケイ
訓読み: いこい・いこう
画数: 16
部首: こころ（心）
Meaning
Rest / repose / take a break
- Basic forms
- 憩う — rest; relax / base form
- 憩います — rests; relaxes / masu form
- 憩った — rested; relaxed / ta form
- 憩って — resting … / te form
- 憩わない — do not rest / negative
- 憩えば — if (one) rests / conditional
- Common expressions
- 木陰で憩う — rest in the shade of a tree
- 公園で憩う — relax in a park
- More
- 憩っている — is resting / state
憩う（いこう） is a godan intransitive verb. It means to rest or relax peacefully, often in a calm or pleasant setting, and is more literary than 休む.
- 憩う — to rest; to relax
- 憩い — rest; relaxation; a breather
- 休憩 — break; recess; intermission
- 小憩 — short break; brief rest
- 憩いの場 — a place to relax (rest area)
With the heart radical 心, 憩 is rest for the mind and body. Think “pause and breathe” — tension loosens, your heart settles, and energy returns. That’s the feeling behind 憩い and 休憩.