Chinese Character Wiki
间

jiān, jiàn

space

Simplified form of 間. Depicts sunlight (日) shining through the gap in a door (門).

Components
门 iconic component

门  Iconic component

mén

  

door

日 iconic component

日  Iconic component

rì

  

sun

Evolution

间 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
间 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

间 (間) 

jiān

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

间 (間) 

jiàn

gap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings); to sow discontent

Most common words with 间
Freq.
Word
Meaning

时间

time

之间

between

间

between

房间

room

空间

space

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

涧

Sound component in 4 characters (1 verified)

简 涧 锏 裥

Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 98.8948% of movies

141st most common character in movies

135th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

間

Unicode

U+95F4


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