• 1527th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 55 words
  • Component in 3 characters

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

休闲 (休閒)
悠闲 (悠閑)

Uncommon

休闲裤 (休閑褲)
休闲鞋 (休閒鞋)
偷闲 (偷閑)
安闲 (安閑)
清闲 (清閒)
空闲 (空閒)
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)
闲置 (閒置)

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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.