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barrier

HSK 10 N1
Abstract →Time
xián
カン
한
A wooden fence 木 with a door 門
Components
門 gate+ 木 tree =
閑 barrier
門 Meaning component
gate
木 Meaning component
mù tree
Notes
Similar Characters
关 to close (simp)閂 latch (trad)閎 wide (trad)閒 leisure (trad)閘 floodgate (trad)閡 blocked (trad)閣 cabinet (trad/jp)閤 small side door (trad)閥 valve (trad/jp)閦 sanskrit閨 small entrance (trad)閫 threshold (trad)閬 high (trad)閭 village of twenty-five (trad)閱 peruse (trad)閶 gate of heaven (trad)閹 castrate (trad)閻 village (trad)閼 obstruct (trad)閾 separated (trad)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
閑
Regular
Modern
Chinese
闲 / 閑 [xián]
enclosure; (variant of 閒|闲[xián]) idle; unoccupied; leisure
Japanese
閑 かん 同音
noun spare time; free time; leisure
閑 、 和 のど 同音
adj-nari archaic tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
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
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.
Japanese Names
閑 かん
Kan surnamegiven name
閑 かんさき
Kansaki surname
閑 しず
Shizu female given name
閑 しずか
Shizuka female given namesurname
閑 しづか
Shizuka surname
閑 のどか
Nodoka female given name
CHINESE WORDS (41)
闲聊 [xián​liáo] #8,246
to chat
闲逛 [xián​guàng] #7,823
to stroll
游手好闲 [yóu​shǒu​hào​xián] #11,929
to idle about
闲话 [xián​huà] #14,225
variant of 閒話|闲话
闲暇 [xián​xiá] #22,914
leisure
闲人 [xián​rén] #16,432
variant of 閒人|闲人[xián​rén]
闲事 [xián​shì] #17,561
other people's business
闲谈 [xián​tán] #19,140
variant of 閒談|闲谈[xián​tán]
闲散 [xián​sǎn] #51,487
idle
闲适 [xián​shì] #40,812
leisurely and comfortable
31 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (53)
⭐ 静か [しずか] #650
quiet
⭐ 暇 [ひま] #1,105
spare time
⭐ 明白 [めいはく] #5,518
obvious
⭐ 閑散 [かんさん] #16,221
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets)
⭐ 閑静 [かんせい] #28,971
quiet (e.g. neighbourhood)
暇人 [ひまじん] #30,103
person with a lot of free time on their hands
⭐ 長閑 [のどか] #31,845
tranquil
閑話休題 [かんわきゅうだい] #42,924
getting back to the subject at hand, ...
森閑 [しんかん] #48,312
silent
閑職 [かんしょく] #50,850
leisurely post
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KOREAN WORDS (2)
농한기
agricultural off-season
한담
chat; idle talk; small talk