xiánjiānjiàn

liesure

The moon  seen through a door ; night-time

Components
門 meaning component

  Meaning component

mén

  

door

月 meaning component

  Meaning component

yuè

  

moon

Evolution

閒 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
閒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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xián

liesure; idle; peaceful, tranquil, calm; unoccupied; leisure

 

jiān

variant of |[jiān]

 

jiàn

variant of |[jiàn]

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

7043rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

Unicode

U+9592

Shuowen

“閒,隟也。从門,从月。,古文閒。”


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