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閑 — 12 strokes / Radical「門」

道
準2High school level / 12 strokes / Radical「門」
On
カンかん · kan
Kun
—
Meaning
quiet; leisure

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A gate barred with a wooden bolt: no one coming or going — quiet and idle.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカンかんkan閑静かんせい閑却かんきゃく繁閑はんかん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 閑静かんせい

    quiet; tranquil

  • 繁閑はんかん

    busy and slack times

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

閑静(かんせい)な住宅(じゅうたく)街(がい)に引(ひ)っ越(こ)した。

I moved to a quiet residential neighbourhood.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

繁閑閑静閑繁luxuri…静quiet閥clique門gate閂the ba…閃to fla…閊to be…缶can陥fall…患suffer…款articl…堪endure
CompoundRadicalReading

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