行間

See also: 行间

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (行間)		行	間
simp. (行间)		行	间
anagram		間行／间行

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hángjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hong⁴ gaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hángjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hángjian
    • Wade–Giles: hang²-chien¹
    • Yale: háng-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harngjian
    • Palladius: ханцзянь (xanczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hong⁴ gaan¹
    • Yale: hòhng gāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hong⁴ gaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hong⁴ gan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ²¹ kaːn⁵⁵/

Noun

行間

1. between the lines

Derived terms

• 字裡行間／字里行间 (zìlǐhángjiān)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (行間):

• → Korean: 행간(行間) (haenggan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
行	間
ぎょう Grade: 2	かん Grade: 2
goon	kan’on

Etymology

行 (“line”) +‎ 間 (“gap; in between”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎょーかん [gyòókáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲo̞ːkã̠ɴ]

Noun

行(ぎょう)間(かん) • (gyōkan) ^{←ぎゃうかん (gyaukan)?}

1. (typography) a line gap, the white space between the left/bottom of one line and the right/top of the next line, corresponding to the original "leading" in letterpress printing

   Coordinate terms: インテル (interu), 行送り (gyōokuri), 字間 (jikan), 段間 (dankan)

Usage notes

• 行間 (gyōkan) can be measured in points or 歯 (ha).
• Mathematically speaking, 行間 (gyōkan) = 行送り (gyōokuri) - font size.