xiá

leisure

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
日 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

sun

叚 sound component

  Sound component

jiǎ

  

false

Evolution

暇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
暇 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
暇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xiá

leisure, relaxation, spare time; leisure

Most common words with 暇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

无暇

too busy

闲暇

leisure

leisure

应接不暇

more than one can attend to (idiom)

目不暇接

lit. too much for the eye to take in (idiom); a feast for the eyes