かん
閑
さん
散

adverb taking the と particle, adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets), quiet, still, hushed, empty.

adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. inactive (business, trade, etc.), slack, flat, off-season, quiet, dull.
  2. idle, free, unoccupied.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
かん
閑
さん
散
 閑散 かんさん ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

leisure
カン　が　より (9th, N1)
gate, counter for cannons
モン　かど　と (2nd, N2)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
scatter, disperse, spend
サン　ち.る　ばら (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)