閑 — kanji meaning “leisure”
閑
leisure
- Meanings
- leisure
- On'yomi
- カン (kan)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- が、より
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1994 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 169
- Chinese reading
- xián — Chinese character page
Words with 閑
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 閑静 | かんせい kansei | quiet (e.g. neighbourhood); peaceful; tranquil |
| 閑散 | かんさん kansan | deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; still |
| 閑古鳥 | かんこどり kankodori | cuckoo |
| 農閑期 | のうかんき noukanki | slack season for farmers; leisure season for farmers |
| 長閑 | のどか nodoka | tranquil; calm; quiet |
| 有閑 | ゆうかん yuukan | leisured |
| 等閑 | なおざり naozari | neglect; negligence; disregard |
| 閑職 | かんしょく kanshoku | leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure |
| 閑居 | かんきょ kankyo | quiet and secluded life; quiet retreat; idle life |
| 安閑 | あんかん ankan | relaxed; easygoing; leisurely |
| 閑話休題 | かんわきゅうだい kanwakyuudai | getting back to the subject at hand, ...; (but) to return to the main topic, ...; so much for digressions, ... |
| 等閑 | とうかん toukan | neglect; negligence; disregard |
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