• 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.
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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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  • 611th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 95 words
  • Component in 9 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zuò (Zuo4)surname Zuo
2. zuò (zuo4)to sit • to take a seat • to take (a bus, airplane etc) • to bear fruit • variant of 座[zuo4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zuò (zuo4)The component is pronounced as 'zòng' (zong4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

乘坐 
坐下 
坐车 (坐車)

Uncommon

围坐 (圍坐)
坐井观天 (坐井觀天)
坐享其成 
坐以待毙 (坐以待斃)
坐垫 (坐墊)
坐好 
坐定 
坐厕 (坐廁)
坐椅 
坐标 (坐標)
坐牢 
坐立不安 
坐落 
打坐 
端坐 
连坐 (連坐)
闲坐 (閑坐)
静坐 (靜坐)

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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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