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閑
简 闲 · 繁 閑Mandarin · pinyin xián
Meanings
- enclosure
- (variant of 閒 xián) idle
- unoccupied
- leisure
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2 · xian2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
haan4
Cantonese word readings for 閑. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) fence; bar; railings
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) stable (building for horses)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) rule; law; limit; norm
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to restrict; to restrain
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 嫻 /娴 (xián, “to be familiar; to be skilled; to be practised”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to block; to guard against
- 4th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "barrier" (𝌉)
character · Etymology 3
- (obsolete) large; great
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