闲

xián

x+ián·2nd tone

enclosure · unoccupied

Radical: 门 Strokes: 7 HSK 5

Structure: Top surroundFrequency: Common

Same radical

门问间闻闹阁阙闭闪阔闷阅

Same radical

门问间闻闹阁阙闭闪阔闷阅闾阑阃

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Character Decomposition

闲=门+木

Etymology

A wooden fence 木 with a door 门

Meanings

enclosure

(variant of xián) idle

unoccupied

leisure

xián

idle

unoccupied

leisure

xián

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Words with 闲 412 total

slack winter season (farming)冬闲dōng xián to hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work etc帮闲bāng xián to stay idle at home · to have resigned from office · to be unemployed · to have been fired · to be on a sabbatical赋闲fù xián

Idioms with 闲 55 total Chain

feeling comfortably at ease (idiom)安闲自得ān xián zì dé leisurely and free (idiom); carefree and at ease安闲自在ān xián zì zai regard as unimportant · regard it idly as of no importance · treat lightly (or casually) · make light of - make nothing of · take it lightly等闲视之děng xián shì zhī (in the negative) (not) to be trifled with等闲之辈děng xián zhī bèi meddling in other people's business多管闲事duō guǎn xián shì (idiom) to snatch a moment of leisure in the midst of a busy schedule忙里偷闲máng lǐ tōu xián