人間

See also: 人间

Chinese

		man; person; people	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (人間)		人	間
simp. (人间)		人	间
alternative forms		人閒

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 人間

1. the human world; the world of mortals

Synonyms

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• 世間／世间 (shìjiān)
• 人世 (rénshì)
• 人世間／人世间 (rénshìjiān)
• 人寰 (rénhuán) (literary)
• 人間世／人间世 (rénjiānshì) (literary)
• 俗世 (súshì)
• 凡世 (fánshì) (literary)
• 塵世／尘世 (chénshì)
• 塵世間／尘世间 (chénshìjiān)
• 塵俗／尘俗 (chénsú)
• 塵寰／尘寰 (chénhuán) (literary)
• 塵間／尘间 (chénjiān)
• 濁世／浊世 (zhuóshì) (literary)

 

Related terms

• 世界 (shìjiè)
• 宇宙 (yǔzhòu)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (人間):

• → Japanese: 人間(にんげん) (ningen); 人間(じんかん) (jinkan)
• → Korean: 인간(人間) (in'gan)
• → Vietnamese: nhân gian (人間)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
人	間
にん Grade: 1	けん > げん Grade: 2
on'yomi

From a Buddhist term: 人間界(にんげんかい) (ningenkai, “human world”).

Noun

人(にん)間(げん) • (ningen) 

1. human, person, human being

   人間(にんげん)社会(しゃかい)

   ningen shakai

   human society

2. personality, character
3. (Buddhism) literally meaning: "human society", referring to one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhist cosmology.

See also

• (person): 人類(じんるい) (jinrui)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
人	間
じん Grade: 1	かん Grade: 2
on'yomi

from Middle Chinese 人間 (MC nyin kean|keanH).

Noun

人(じん)間(かん) • (jinkan) 

1. (archaic) the world in which people live; the world, society

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
人	間
ひと Grade: 1	ま Grade: 2
kun'yomi

人 (hito, “human”) +‎ 間 (ma, “place, space”) This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

人(ひと)間(ま) • (hitoma) 

1. (dated, rare) a place devoid of people

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Korean

Hanja in this term
人	間

Noun

人間 • (in'gan) (hangeul 인간)

1. hanja form^? of 인간 (“people, humanity”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
人	間

Noun

人間

1. chữ Hán form of nhân gian (“the human world; the world of mortals”).