• 1527th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 36 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.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

悠闲 (悠閑)
闲聊 (閑聊)
闲逛 (閑逛)

Uncommon

休闲裤 (休閑褲)
偷闲 (偷閑)
安闲 (安閑)
闲事 (閑事)
闲人 (閑人)
闲心 (閑心)
闲散 (閑散)
闲暇 (閑暇)
闲言碎语 (閑言碎語)
闲话 (閑話)
闲谈 (閑談)
闲适 (閑適)

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.