间 (jiān): meaning and stroke order
间 (jiān) means between, among, within a definite time or space, room.
间
- Simplified
- 间
- Traditional
- 間
- Pinyin
- jiān · jiàn
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Stroke order of 间
间
- jiān between; among
- jiàn gap; to separate
- 7 strokes
- Traditional form: 間
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Meaning of 间
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jiān
Traditional 間
- between
- among
- within a definite time or space
- room
- section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
- classifier for rooms
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jiàn
Traditional 間
- gap
- to separate
- to thin out (seedlings)
- to sow discontent
Radical and structure
- 间
- Radical 门 (Kangxi radical 169) in its simplified form · 7 strokes · built from 门 and 日
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 间
- 之间 zhī jiān (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
- 人间 rén jiān the human world; the earth
- 年间 nián jiān in the years of; during those years
- 时间 shí jiān (concept of) time; (duration of) time
- 空间 kōng jiān space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway
- 房间 fáng jiān room; CL:間|间[jian1],個|个[ge4]
- 一夜之间 yī yè zhī jiān (lit. and fig.) overnight
- 卫生间 wèi shēng jiān bathroom; toilet
间 in our stories
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学校只有两间教室，五十多个学生，最小的才六岁。
xuéxiào zhǐ yǒu liǎng jiān jiàoshì wǔshí duō gè xuésheng zuì xiǎo de cái liù suì
The school had only two classrooms and fifty-odd pupils; the youngest was just six.
From the story English on the basketball court HSK 5
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先开口的是贝女士。她去年买下了隔壁的房子，花了不少钱在院子里装了一间玻璃阳光房。
xiān kāikǒu de shì Bèi nǚshì tā qùnián mǎi xià le gébì de fángzi huā le bù shǎo qián zài yuànzi lǐ zhuāng le yì jiān bōli yángguāngfáng
Ms Bei spoke first. She had bought the house next door last year and spent a good deal on a glass sunroom in the garden.
From the story The persimmon tree over the wall HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 间
- English on the basketball court HSK 5
- The persimmon tree over the wall HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).