• 1527th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 21 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xián (xian2)to stay idle • to be unoccupied • not busy • leisure • enclosure
2. xián (xian2)variant of 閑|闲, idle • unoccupied • leisure • free time

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

悠闲 (悠閑)
 ()

Medium Frequency

休闲裤 (休閑褲)
偷闲 (偷閑)
安闲 (安閑)
闲事 (閑事)
闲人 (閑人)
闲散 (閑散)
闲暇 (閑暇)
闲聊 (閑聊)
闲话 (閑話)
闲谈 (閑談)
闲逛 (閑逛)
闲适 (閑適)
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  • 58th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.26% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 218 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shì (shi4)matter • thing • item • work • affair • CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for shì (shi4)The component is pronounced as 'shù' (shu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
事情 
故事 

Medium Frequency

世事 
事事 
事件 
事先 
事儿 (事兒)
事务 (事務)
事实 (事實)
事后 (事後)
事故 
事业 (事業)
事业有成 (事業有成)
事物 
事变 (事變)
事项 (事項)
人事 
做事 
共事 
凡事 
出事 
刑事 
同事 
喜事 
回事 
坏事 (壞事)
小事 
屁事 
往事 
从事 (從事)
心事 
怎么回事 (怎麼回事)
懂事 
找事 
本事 
乐事 (樂事)
没事 (沒事)
无所事事 (無所事事)
烦心事 (煩心事)
琐事 (瑣事)
当事人 (當事人)
糗事 
万事 (萬事)
万事如意 (萬事如意)
董事长 (董事長)
处事 (處事)
行事 
诸事 (諸事)
赛事 (賽事)
军事 (軍事)
办事 (辦事)
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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