暇

xiá

noun #46,891

Meanings

1 free time; leisure

Characters

暇

xiá

free time; leisure

Examples

HSK 4

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.

HSK 7-9

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