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leisure

HSK 10
Abstract →Time
xián
한
The moon 月 seen through a door 門; night-time
Components
Traditional (閒)
門 gate+ 月 month =
閒 leisure
門 Meaning component
gate
月 Meaning component
yuè month
moon
Simplified (闲)
门 gate+ 木 tree =
闲 fence
门 Meaning component
mén gate
gate, door, entrance, opening
木 Meaning component
mù tree
Notes
Similar Characters
关 to close (simp)閂 latch (trad)閎 wide (trad)閑 barrier (trad/jp)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 Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
閒
Regular
Modern
Chinese
闲 / 閒 [xián]
idle; unoccupied; leisure
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (37)
休闲 [xiū​xián] #7,997
leisure
休闲裤 [xiū​xián​kù]
casual pants
休闲鞋 [xiū​xián​xié]
leisure shoes
偷闲 [tōu​xián] #49,117
to snatch a moment of leisure
吃闲饭 [chī​xián​fàn] #58,190
to live as a parasite
多管闲事 [duō​guǎn​xián​shì] #8,881
meddling in other people's business
安闲 [ān​xián] #60,575
peaceful and carefree
安闲舒适 [ān​xián​shū​shì]
leisurely and free (idiom)
少管闲事 [shǎo​guǎn​xián​shì] #44,002
Mind your own business!
悠闲 [yōu​xián] #15,611
leisurely
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