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The character "闲" originated in early Chinese script with a structure featuring a door radical surrounding an internal element, originally conveying notions of restraint or defense as seen in the traditional form incorporating wood to represent a barrier. An alternative traditional variant replaced the wood with a moon, picturing moonlight filtering through a door crack and thereby introducing associations with unoccupied moments and repose. Over time, the meaning transitioned from physical containment to the abstract state of having free time, with the wood-based structure eventually becoming standard in contemporary writing, solidifying its primary sense of leisure or idleness.
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我今天很闲。
他喜欢闲逛。
我们在公园闲聊。
不要管别人的闲事。
她过着悠闲的生活。
空闲时间我喜欢看书。
他闲来无事常去钓鱼。
他利用闲暇时间学习新技能。