U+9591 "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+9591 "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys meanings of leisure, idleness, or being at rest, and it also carries connotations of being unoccupied or free from busyness. Historically, it is composed of the radical for "gate" or "door" (門) and the character for "wood" or "tree" (木), suggesting the visual image of a wooden barrier across a gate to create a space of seclusion or quiet. In traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean usage, the character appears in contexts ranging from poetry and philosophy, where it describes a peaceful state of mind, to more practical terms like "閒暇" (leisure time) or "閑散" (idle and scattered). Its structure and meaning reflect a cultural appreciation for tranquility and withdrawal from worldly affairs, making it a nuanced symbol in East Asian written traditions.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
閑
HTML Hex Encoding
閑
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE9 0x96 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding
0x9591
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00009591
C/C++/Java Escape
\u9591

Unihan Properties

kBigFive
B67E
kCCCII
215E54
kCNS1986
1-6265
kCNS1992
1-6265
kCangjie
AND
kCantonese
haan4
kCihaiT
1407.402
kCowles
937
kDaeJaweon
1837.140
kDefinition
fence, barrier; defend; idle time
kEACC
215E54
kFanqie
戶閒
kFenn
635I
kFennIndex
179.04
kFourCornerCode
7790.4
kGB1
4748
kGSR
0192a
kHangul
한:0E
kHanYu
74287.030
kHanyuPinlu
xián(89)
kHanyuPinyin
74287.030:xián
kHKGlyph
4336
kIICore
ATJHKP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74287.030
kIRG_GSource
G1-4F50
kIRG_HSource
HB1-B67E
kIRG_JSource
J0-3457
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F2D9
kIRG_KSource
K0-7958
kIRG_TSource
T1-6265
kIRG_VSource
V1-6A72
kJapanese
カン ゲン しきり しずか ならう
kJoyoKanji
2010
kKoreanEducationHanja
2007
kJapaneseKun
SHIKIRI SHIZUKA NARAU
kJapaneseOn
KAN KEN
kJis0
2055
kKangXi
1332.020
kKorean
HAN
kMandarin
xián
kMatthews
2679
kMeyerWempe
634d
kMojiJoho
MJ027429
kMorohashi
41247
kNelson
4948
kPhonetic
422 423
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+1555+75.4.8 C+1555+169.8.4
kRSUnicode
169.4
kSBGY
129.15
kSMSZD2003Index
744.03 323.22
kSMSZD2003Readings
xián粵haan4
kTaiwanTelegraph
7033
kTang
*hɛn
kTotalStrokes
12
kUnihanCore2020
HJKMPT
kVietnamese
nhàn
kXerox
261:145