Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy

    Idiomatic expression

    今仕事から手が離せない。
    I can't get away from work now.

Also written 手が放せない【てがはなせない】手がはなせない【てがはなせない】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hand

Kun
て--てた-
On
シュ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
60 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-4-3, 2-1-3SKIP code
3c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
2050.0Four corner code
2247deroo
624bUnicode hex code
1-28-74JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1827Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2060New Nelson (John Haig)
3456New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4267Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2155Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2907Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
637Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
687Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
42A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
118Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
37Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11768Morohashi
32A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
57Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
57Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
28sakade
54Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
35henshall3
30Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
57crowley
170Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.19busy_people
847Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
644Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shou3Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

detach, separation, disjoin, digress

Kun
はな.れるはな.す
On
Strokes
19
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
555 of 2500
Radical
short-tailed bird
WaniKani
Level 31

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-11-8SKIP code
8c10.3The Kanji Dictionary
0041.4Four corner code
475deroo
96e2Unicode hex code
1-46-05JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5040Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6517New Nelson (John Haig)
1836New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2364Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1195Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1663Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1492Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1605Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
641A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2889Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
909Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
42140XMorohashi
1897A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1281Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1355Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1887Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1923Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1008Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1857Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1505Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
li2Pinyin reading
riKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
31WaniKani level