(xián)

idle; free time; leisure

How 閒 is written

Strokes
12
Radical
— gate
Traditional
Simplified
(unchanged)

閒 has 2 readings

The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.

jiàn
variant of 間|间[jian4]
xián
variant of 閑|闲, idle; unoccupied; leisure; free time

閒 in a sentence

他們在公園裡閒聊。

Tāmen zài gōngyuán lǐ xiánliáo.

“They are chatting idly in the park.”

How common is 閒?

閒 is the 6,738th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 100% of all running text.

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