间

jiān, jiàn

between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms

Radical: 门 HSK 1 q, f, v, g ideographic

Components & Etymology

间 decomposes into the following components:

门 日

Words containing 间

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 间.

世间
shì jiān
world
中间
zhōng jiān
between
之间
zhī jiān
between
乡间
xiāng jiān
in the country
人间
rén jiān
the human world
其间
qí jiān
in between
凡间
fán jiān
the secular world
包间
bāo jiān
private room (in a restaurant, or for karaoke etc)
区间
qū jiān
interval (math.)
反间
fǎn jiàn
to sow dissension
名间
míng jiān
Mingjian or Mingchien township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan
坊间
fāng jiān
street stalls

Related characters (radical 门)

Characters that share the radical 门.

门 闩 闪 闫 闭 问 闯 闰 闱 闲 闳 闵 闶 闷 闸 闹 闺 闻 闼 闽 闾 阀 阁 阂

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