Chinese symbol for “unused”
空闲
kòng xián
Traditional: 空閒
leisure; spare time; (of a person) free; unoccupied; (of equipment, rooms etc) unused; idle; vacant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unused is 空闲 (kòng xián), defined as: leisure; spare time; (of a person) free; unoccupied; (of equipment, rooms etc) unused; idle; vacant.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “unused”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空置 | kōng zhì | to set sth aside; to let sth lie idle |
| 闲散 (閒散) | xián sǎn | laid back; leisurely; (of resources: workers, funds etc) unused; idle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 空闲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空间 (空間) | kōng jiān | space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway |
| 航空 | háng kōng | aviation |
| 空气 (空氣) | kōng qì | air; atmosphere |
| 天空 | tiān kōng | sky |
| 空中 | kōng zhōng | in the sky; in the air |
| 太空 | tài kōng | outer space |
| 休闲 (休閒) | xiū xián | leisure; relaxation |
| 闲置 (閒置) | xián zhì | to leave unused; to leave idle; to lie idle |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unused”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.