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暇
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spare time

HSK 10 N1
Abstract →Time
xià
カ
ひま、いとま
가
Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 叚 represents the sound.
Components
日 day+ 叚 fake =
暇 spare time
日 Meaning component
rì day
sun
叚 Phonetic component
jiǎ fake
false
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Notes
Similar Characters
妟 safe旦 dawn昃 afternoon昌 prosperous昔 times past昜 out晕 halo (simp)晶 sparkling暈 dizzy (trad)暴 violent朝 dynasty眾 multitude (trad)莫 nobody衆 crowd (trad/jp)間 interval/room (trad/jp)间 space (simp)习 flapping (simp)尞 burnt offering早 early旬 decameron
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
暇
Regular
Modern
Chinese
暇 [xiá]
leisure
Japanese
暇 、 閑 (rare) ひま 、 ヒマ 同音

noun

  1. spare time; free time; leisure
  2. time (it takes to do something); time required
  3. time off; leave; vacation; holiday
  4. dismissal; firing; severance; divorce

adj-na

  1. free; not busy; unoccupied; idle
  2. slow (business); slack; dull

+suru verb

  1. colloquial to be free; to be not busy; to be available; to be doing nothing
暇 、 遑 (rare) いとま 同音

noun

  1. usually kana (spare) time; free time; leisure
  2. usually kana time off; leave; vacation; holiday
  3. usually kanadated resignation; dismissal; divorce
  4. usually kana leaving; taking one's leave; farewell
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (6)
仕事は楽で、暇がたくさんあります。
My job is easy and I have a lot of free time.
今晩暇かな？
Are you free tonight?
ジョンはひどく急いでいたので話をする暇もなかった。
John was in such a hurry that he had no time for talking.
仕事が忙しくて、君に手紙を書くひまがなかった。
Busy with my work, I had no time to write to you.
CHINESE WORDS (15)
无暇 [wú​xiá] #13,268
too busy
无暇 [wú​xiá] #13,268
too busy
闲暇 [xián​xiá] #22,914
leisure
闲暇 [xián​xiá] #22,914
leisure
应接不暇 [yìng​jiē​bù​xiá] #39,365
more than one can attend to (idiom)
应接不暇 [yìng​jiē​bù​xiá] #39,365
more than one can attend to (idiom)
目不暇接 [mù​bù​xiá​jiē] #28,378
lit. too much for the eye to take in (idiom); a feast for the eyes
不暇 [bù​xiá] #43,681
to have no time (for sth)
空暇 [kòng​xiá] #58,550
idle
好整以暇 [hào​zhěng​yǐ​xiá] #46,824
to be calm and unruffled in the midst of chaos or at a busy time (idiom)
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JAPANESE WORDS (62)
⭐ 暇 [ひま] #1,105
spare time
⭐ 休暇 [きゅうか] #7,173
holiday
⭐ 暇つぶし [ひまつぶし] #13,497
killing time
暇もなく [いとまもなく] #14,380
without losing time (e.g. to do)
お暇 [おいとま] #16,321
leaving
⭐ 暇がない [ひまがない] #19,491
busy
暇人 [ひまじん] #30,103
person with a lot of free time on their hands
手間暇 [てまひま] #30,674
time and effort
長期休暇 [ちょうききゅうか] #31,148
extended leave
⭐ 余暇 [よか] #39,774
leisure
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
휴가 #3,950
leave; break; vacation