暇

xiá

noun #46,891

Meanings

1 free time; leisure

Characters

暇

xiá

free time; leisure

Examples

他最近忙得无暇看书。

Tā zuìjìn máng de wúxiá kànshū.

He has been so busy lately that he has no time to read.

闲暇的午后，她喜欢在园中品茶。

Xiánxiá de wǔhòu, tā xǐhuān zài yuán zhōng pǐnchá.

On a leisurely afternoon, she likes to enjoy tea in the garden.

Tips

usage

Means spare time. 闲暇 is leisure; 无暇 means having no time to spare. The set phrase 应接不暇 means too busy to handle everything coming at you.

Components

radical

日 rì

sun; day

Left sun-day radical, the indexing component. Leisure is measured in days and hours, so the time radical fits 'free time'. The same radical-meaning link appears in 时 and 晚.

phonetic

叚 xiá

(phonetic element)

Right element supplies the sound — xiá with no tone shift. It contributes no meaning here; the same phonetic appears in 假 and 瑕.

Stroke Order

暇 xiá

暇