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:

Words containing 间

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 间.

世间
shì jiān
中间
zhōng jiān
之间
zhī jiān
乡间
xiāng jiān
人间
rén jiān
其间
qí jiān
凡间
fán jiān
包间
bāo jiān
区间
qū jiān
反间
fǎn jiàn
名间
míng jiān
坊间
fāng jiān

Related characters (radical 门)

Characters that share the radical .

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