间

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

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #237 U+95F4

Ideographic compound (会意字)

The sun 日 shining through a doorway 门

components: 门日

interval · Heisig RSH #1264

门 gate + sun

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 间 as their sound component

These characters all use 间 (jiān) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
间 sound component	jiān	between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
简	jiǎn	simple, succinct, terse; a letter
锏	jiǎn	rapier; mace
裥	jiǎn	pleats, folds

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
中间人	zhōng jiān rén	intermediary; mediator
电子空间	diàn zǐ kōng jiān	cyberspace
区间车	qū jiān chē	train or bus traveling only part of its normal route
开区间	kāi qū jiān	open interval (in calculus)
一线之间	yī xiàn zhī jiān	a hair's breadth apart; a fine line; a fine distinction
一时间	yī shí jiān	for a moment; momentarily
打发时间	dǎ fā shí jiān	to pass the time
子空间	zǐ kōng jiān	(math.) subspace
线性空间	xiàn xìng kōng jiān	(math.) vector space; linear space
安定时间	ān dìng shí jiān	(control theory) settling time
黄金时间	huáng jīn shí jiān	the optimal or critical time for sth; prime time (radio or TV)
花时间	huā shí jiān	to take up time; to spend time
中间路线	zhōng jiān lù xiàn	middle road (in politics)
人间	rén jiān	the human world; the earth
区间	qū jiān	delimited area; defined section of a train or bus route; numerical range; (math.) interval
字里行间	zì lǐ háng jiān	between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning; connotations
中间名	zhōng jiān míng	middle name; second given name
河间市	Hé jiān Shì	Hejian, a county-level city in Cangzhou City 滄州市\|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4], Hebei
中间	zhōng jiān	the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime
无间	wú jiàn	very close; no gap between them; continuously; unbroken; hard to separate; indistinguishab…