暇 – spare time, rest, leisure

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1386 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 暇 means spare time, rest, leisure, time, leave of absence. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カ (ka); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひま、いとま (hima, itoma). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 日 (no. 72).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カ	ka
Kun’yomi	ひま	hima
Kun’yomi	いとま	itoma

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 日 (Kangxi radical 72). Components: 日・又.

Words using 暇

暇ひまspare time休暇きゅうかholiday余暇よかleisure

Example sentences

仕事は楽で、暇がたくさんあります。

My job is easy and I have a lot of free time.

Tatoeba #169107

今晩暇かな？

Are you free tonight?

Tatoeba #171215

ジョンはひどく急いでいたので話をする暇もなかった。

John was in such a hurry that he had no time for talking.

Tatoeba #215363

Kanji with the same radical

日時明昨早映景旧易春暴普昇星曜暮

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