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闲, which expresses leisure, idleness, or being unoccupied, is a simplified character that historically merges two distinct traditional forms: 閒 and 閑. The first, 閒, places the moon component 月 inside the door radical 門 (door/gate), originally depicting moonlight shining through the crack of a closed door, signifying a gap or space and, by extension, free time. The second, 閑, encloses 木 (wood/tree) inside 門 and originally referred to a wooden barrier or fence for confining animals; this later widened to mean boundaries, restraint, and eventually idleness. The present-day simplified form 闲 follows the structure of 閑, combining 门 (the simplified door radical) with 木, and now exclusively represents the abstract ideas of free time, lack of occupation, or casualness.
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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。
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