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暇

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leisure

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Strokes
13
Radical
日 +9
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
暇
Common rank
#3,028
Unicode
U+6687

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Formation & memory

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How 暇 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

日 meaning “sun” + 叚 sound

Components 日 叚

How to remember it

spare time · Heisig RSH #1403

日 day + braces

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 暇

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
目不暇接 mù bù xiá jiē lit. too much for the eye to take in (idiom); a feast for the eyes
应接不暇 yìng jiē bù xiá more than one can attend to (idiom); deluged (with inquiries etc); overwhelmed (by the bea…
自顾不暇 zì gù bù xiá (idiom) to have one's hands full managing one's own affairs; too busy to spare time for an…
好整以暇 hào zhěng yǐ xiá to be calm and unruffled in the midst of chaos or at a busy time (idiom)
目不暇给 mù bù xiá jǐ lit. the eye cannot take it all in (idiom); fig. too many good things to see; a feast for …
不暇 bù xiá to have no time (for sth); to be too busy (to do sth)
无暇 wú xiá too busy; to have no time for; fully occupied
空暇 kòng xiá idle; free time; leisure
日无暇晷 rì wú xiá guǐ no time to spare (idiom)
闲暇 xián xiá leisure; free time; unoccupied; not in use
闲暇 xián xiá leisure

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 叚 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
叚 sound part — false
遐 xiá distant, far; to abandon, to cast away
霞 xiá rosy clouds
瑕 xiá fault, default; a flaw in a gem
葭 jiā bulrush, reed; flute, whistle
煆 xiā a raging fire; to forge; to work
猳 jiā boar; legendary ape
瘕 jiǎ asthma; bowel disease