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Kanji Detail for 間 - "time, between, gap"

間

  • Meaning

    間 means "time, between, gap."

    1. Between - The space separating two things.

    2. Inside - Interior; within.

    3. Time - A period; an era; a while.

    4. Recently - Nowadays; lately.

    5. Gap - An opening; a distance; a pause.

    6. Spy - To watch for an opportunity; an agent.

    7. Secretly - Covertly; stealthily.

    8. Change - To alternate; to interchange.

    9. Mix - To mingle; to associate.

    10. Heal - To recover from illness.

    11. Unit - A length measure (about 1.8 meters).

    12. Room - The space between building pillars.

    13. Relationship - Connection; association.

  • Words using 間

    • 人間 にんげん Listen human being; human; person
    • 年間 ねんかん Listen (period of) a year; during the era (of)
    • 時間 じかん Listen time; hour; period
    • 期間 きかん Listen period; term; interval
    • 民間 みんかん Listen private; non-governmental; non-official
    • 中間 ちゅうかん Listen middle; midway; halfway
    • 仲間 なかま Listen companion; fellow; friend
    • 瞬間 しゅんかん Listen moment; instant; second

  • Four-character idioms with 間

    • 反間苦肉 はんかんくにく Listen stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot
    • 無間地獄 むけんじごく Listen the Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells); hell of uninterrupted suffering

  • Tattoo check: 間

    • Verified meaning: time, between, gap
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あいだ, かん, けん, とい)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 間

    Given names 間(かん)Listen

    Surnames 間(あいだ)Listen 間(けん)Listen 間(とい)Listen 間(はざま)Listen 間(まさき)Listen 間(まざき)Listen 間(まみね)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    interval; space

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    interval, space; place, between

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kan(カン) カン

    ken(ケン) ケン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ai(あい) あい

    aida(あいだ) あいだ

    ma(ま) ま

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    門 (mon・mongamae・kadogamae)

  • Related Keywords

    between gap time inside relationship to heal to mix to separate to spy unit of length interval space room pause break delay distance duration hiatus interlude intermission respite separation span

Sentences including 間

  • Give me some time to think it over.

  • I've got time on my hands.

  • How many hours does it take to go to okinawa by plane?

  • I'll be back within an hour.

  • I think of watching tv as a waste of time.

  • He arrived in time.

  • I have stayed in kyoto for three days.

  • It is certain that he is wrong.

  • An hour's walk brought me to the next village.

  • Make haste , and you will be in time.

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