Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

暇: spare time, rest

Also: leisure, time, leave of absence

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

日 carries the meaning · 叚 gives the sound

13 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

カka · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 余暇よかleisure, spare time
  • 休暇きゅうかholiday

ひまhima · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 暇ひまfree time
  • 暇つぶしひまつぶしkilling time
  • 暇潰しひまつぶしkilling time; keeping oneself occupied
  • 暇がないひまがないbusy; having no time (for)

Also read いとま, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“The life-giving sun in the sky! This simple box was once a perfect circle, representing the regular rising and setting of the sun that marks the rhythm of our lives.”
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
日

Also built on sun (日)

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叚

Also built on 叚

暇 takes the 叚 family's reading, カ (ka).

Also read カ

44 kanji share this on'yomiAll 44
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xiá

Same form: 暇 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
暇 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
暇 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin xiá most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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