暇

暇 U+6687, 暇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6687 ← 暆 [U+6686] CJK Unified Ideographs 暈 → [U+6688]

Translingual

Han character

暇 (radical 72, 日+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日口尸水 (ARSE), four-corner 6704₇, composition ⿰日叚)

References

• KangXi: page 497, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14036
• Dae Jaweon: page 865, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1527, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6687

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		暇

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 暇
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (叚) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
葭	*kraː
麚	*kraː
瘕	*kraː, *kraːʔ
豭	*kraː
貑	*kraː
猳	*kraː
犌	*kraː
假	*kraːʔ, *kraːs
嘏	*kraːʔ
婽	*kraːʔ
椵	*kraːʔ
叚	*kraːʔ
蝦	*qʰraː, *ɡraː
煆	*qʰraː, *qʰraːs
霞	*ɡraː
遐	*ɡraː
瑕	*ɡraː
鰕	*ɡraː
碬	*ɡraː
蕸	*ɡraː
赮	*ɡraː
鍜	*ɡraː
騢	*ɡraː
暇	*ɡraːs

Etymology

(This etymology is missing. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Any relation to 假 ("vacation")?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiá (xia²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): hâ / hā / hēe / hě / hē / hê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Wade–Giles: hsia²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shya
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶
    • Yale: hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /häː²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâ
    • Tâi-lô: hâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haa
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /ha²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā
    • Tâi-lô: hā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ha
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ha³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ha⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe
    • Tâi-lô: hēe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hě
    • Tâi-lô: hě
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /he²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hē
    • Tâi-lô: hē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: he
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /he³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê
    • Tâi-lô: hê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he²⁴/

Note:

• hâ/hā/hēe - literary;
• hě/hē/hê - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦˠa^H/▼

Rime
Character	暇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡駕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨH/
Li Rong	/ɣaH/
Wang Li	/ɣaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xià

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤra-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡraːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	暇
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xià
Middle Chinese	‹ hæH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁra-s/
English	leisure
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	暇
Reading #	1/1
No.	5975
Phonetic component	叚
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	暇
Old Chinese	/*ɡraːs/

Definitions

暇

1. leisure, relaxation, spare time

Compounds

• 不暇
• 休暇 (xiūxiá)
• 寸暇
• 放暇

• 暇人
• 無暇／无暇 (wúxiá)
• 空暇 (kòngxiá)

• 自顧不暇／自顾不暇 (zìgùbùxiá)
• 閒暇／闲暇 (xiánxiá)
• 餘暇／余暇 (yúxiá)

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Japanese

Kanji

暇

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. spare time
2. rest
3. leisure
4. time
5. leave of absence

Readings

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: か (ka, Jōyō)
• Kun: ひま (hima, 暇, Jōyō); いとま (itoma, 暇)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
暇
ひま Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling	閑

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ひま [hìmá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [çima̠]

Adjectival noun

暇 (-na inflection, hiragana ひま, rōmaji hima)

1. free; leisure; idle; vacant

Inflection

Inflection of 暇

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	暇だろ	ひまだろ	hima daro
Continuative (連用形)	暇で	ひまで	hima de
Terminal (終止形)	暇だ	ひまだ	hima da
Attributive (連体形)	暇な	ひまな	hima na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	暇なら	ひまなら	hima nara
Imperative (命令形)	暇であれ	ひまであれ	hima de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	暇ではない 暇じゃない	ひまではない ひまじゃない	hima de wa nai hima ja nai
Informal past	暇だった	ひまだった	hima datta
Informal negative past	暇ではなかった 暇じゃなかった	ひまではなかった ひまじゃなかった	hima de wa nakatta hima ja nakatta
Formal	暇です	ひまです	hima desu
Formal negative	暇ではありません 暇じゃありません	ひまではありません ひまじゃありません	hima de wa arimasen hima ja arimasen
Formal past	暇でした	ひまでした	hima deshita
Formal negative past	暇ではありませんでした 暇じゃありませんでした	ひまではありませんでした ひまじゃありませんでした	hima de wa arimasen deshita hima ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	暇で	ひまで	hima de
Conditional	暇なら（ば）	ひまなら（ば）	hima nara (ba)
Provisional	暇だったら	ひまだったら	hima dattara
Volitional	暇だろう	ひまだろう	hima darō
Adverbial	暇に	ひまに	hima ni
Degree	暇さ	ひまさ	himasa

Noun

暇 (hiragana ひま, rōmaji hima)

1. time, free time
2. leisure

Derived terms

• 暇人 (ひまじん) (himajin)
• 暇 (ひま)を唾 (つば)す (hima o tsubasu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
暇
いとま Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling	遑

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) いとま [ìtómá] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) いとま​ [ìtómáꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
  • IPA^(key): [ito̞ma̠]

Noun

暇 (hiragana いとま, rōmaji itoma)

1. leisure
2. paid vacation
3. divorce
4. loss of one's job
5. farewell

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Korean

Hanja

暇 • (ga) (hangeul 가, revised ga, McCune–Reischauer ka, Yale ka)

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Vietnamese

Han character

暇 (hạ, hả, há)

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