体 versus 休
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Kokubunji, 2024.10.30
I use this app "wanikani" to study kanji. It shows me kanji, radicals, and vocabulary and I have to enter the English meaning and the correct Japanese reading. Right now I'm dealing with both of the following and I'm not doing awesome despite knowing the kanji and word for 'to rest' for fifteen years.
体
body (たい or てい but not からだ)
休
rest (きゅう but not やすみ)