休养
xiū yǎng · HSK 7
to recuperate
🛌 休 rest + 养 nourish = rest-and-nourish, i.e. recuperate
休 is the rest in 休息; 养 is the nourish/raise in 养育. Resting plus nourishing yourself back to health = to convalesce. Sounds like show-yang.
养 — sheep 羊 (top) + 八 over 艮-like base; simplified from 養 (食 + 羊)
The traditional form 養 combined 食 'food' with 羊 'sheep' as the phonetic, depicting the act of feeding sheep and, by extension, raising or nourishing living things. The simplified form 养 keeps 羊 on top but drops the 食 component. From 'feed' the meaning broadened to rear, support, and cultivate.