漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
閑: leisure
JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
門 carries the meaning · 木 is drawn in
12 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
カンkan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 閑散かんさんdeserted (esp. store, market, town, streets)
- 閑静かんせいquiet (e.g. neighbourhood); peaceful
- 閑古鳥かんこどりcuckoo
- 農閑期のうかんきslack season for farmers
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 等閑なおざりneglect; negligence; disregard
- 長閑のどかtranquil; calm; quiet
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine the grand entrance to a temple or a fortress! Two heavy wooden doors stand ready to swing wide.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side閑 leisure · 木
vs開 open · 开In ChineseSimplified 闲 · traditional, as in Japanese · xián
Japan keeps the traditional form 閑; mainland China simplifies it to 闲.
- Simplified
- 闲 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 閑 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xián 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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