閑 means “quiet, idle, leisure”

かん · kan

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 12 strokes

The story

A tree (木) standing in a gate (門): picture a gateway barred and no one coming through. 閑 is quiet and idle: real estate ads praise a 閑静な住宅街, a quiet neighborhood, and hotels drop their prices in the 閑散期, the off-season.

Used in 閑静 (kansei, quiet, as a neighborhood), 閑散 (kansan, deserted/slack), and 閑散期 (kansanki, off-season)

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• 醒 awaken
• 緊 tense
• 緩 loose
• 騒 make noise
• 妥 compromise
• 泰 peaceful
• 黙 be silent
• 穏 calm
• 粛 solemn
• 鎮 calm
• 寧 polite
• 憩 rest

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.