間

See also 间

Translingual

Han character

間 (radical 169 門+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日弓日 (ANA), four-corner 7760₇)

1. interval, space
2. place, between
3. Spacial concept experienced in between what the viewer sees and how the viewer perceives it.

References

• KangXi: page 1333, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41249
• Dae Jaweon: page 1839, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4288, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9593

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Cantonese

Hanzi

間 (simplified 间, Yale gaan1)

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Japanese

Ryakuji for 間, based on ryakuji for 門; compare also 開.

Kanji

間 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: かん (kan), けん (ken)
• Kun: あいだ (aida), ま (ma), あい (ai)
• Nanori: ちか (chika)

Compounds

• 人間 (にんげん, ningen) or (じんかん, jinkan)

Noun

間 (hiragana あいだ, romaji aida)

1. a space
2. a while; an interval
3. between
4. during

Derived terms

• この間 (このあいだ, kono aida)
• 間中 (あいだじゅう, aidajū)

References

JIS: 3456 Kuten: 2054 Shift JIS: 8ad4 EUC-JP: B4D6 Frequency: 33 Nelson: 4949

New Nelson: 6391 Halpern: 3323 Halpern Learners: 2094 Heisig: 1620 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 8e4.3

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Noun

間 (hiragana ま, romaji ma)

1. space; room

Derived terms

• 床の間 (とこのま, toko no ma)
• 茶の間 (ちゃのま, cha no ma)
• 束の間 (つかのま, tsuka no ma)
• 間に合う (まにあう, ma ni au)

Synonyms

• 中 (なか, naka)

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Korean

Hanja

間
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 간 (revised: gan, McCune-Reischauer: kan, Yale: kan)

• Name (hangeul): 사이 (revised: sai, McCune-Reischauer: sai)

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Mandarin

simplified	间
traditional	間

Hanzi

間 (simplified 间, pinyin jiān (jian1), jiǎn (jian3), jiàn (jian4), Wade-Giles chien¹, chien³, chien⁴)

Postposition

間 (traditional, Pinyin jiān, simplified 间)

1. ​among; between

Measure word

間 (traditional, Pinyin jiān, simplified 间)

1. for houses and other buildings

References

• "間" (in Mandarin). Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2011-10-19.

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Vietnamese

Han character

間 (gian, dán, gián)