间(jiān)

HSK 17 strokesTrad. 間
Readingsjiānjiàn

between

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Character information

Pinyin
jiān / jiàn
Meaning
between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
間

Origin & structure

Where 间 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿵门日

The sun 日 shining through a doorway 门

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

门mén日rì

Parts are arranged enclosing from above.

Traditional form 間: The sun 日 shining through a doorway 門

How to write 间 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 间

Common words using 间 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zhōng中jiān间
HSK 1

the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in t…

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zhī之jiān间
HSK 4

(after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words t…

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rén人jiān间
HSK 5

the human world

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yī一shùn瞬jiān间
HSK 7-9

split second

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qí其jiān间
HSK 7-9

in between

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shì世jiān间

world; earth

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yī一shí时jiān间

for a moment

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sān三wéi维kōng空jiān间

three-dimensional space

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中之人一瞬其世时

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