Meaning & readings
leisure
On’yomi カン
Nanori が、より
Origin
This character shows a tree (木) inside a gate or door (門), which represents a quiet, enclosed space. In ancient China, a gate that frames a tree suggests seclusion and peacefulness—the kind of setting where you have time to relax. The combination of these two elements conveys the idea of being removed from bustle and activity, which is why the character came to mean leisure or free time.
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 12
- Kangxi radical
- 169
- Formation type
- Compound ideographic (combined meanings)
- Grade
- Jōyō (secondary school)
- Frequency rank
- #1994 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 1
- Unicode
- U+09591