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間

JLPT N5 SL2 12 strokes Frequency: #23

Meanings

interval, space

Radicals

門

Decomposition

⿵門日

Etymology

Ideographic: The sun 日 shining through a doorway 門

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

2 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 vertical right-to-left

6 hook right-to-left

7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

10 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

11 horizontal bottom-to-top

12 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カン kan

Used in compound words

ケン ken

Alternative reading

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

あいだ aida

Between

ま ma

Space, room

あい ai

Words Using This Kanji

1163 words total

カン (3 words)

時間じかん

time / hour / period

週間しゅうかん

week / weekly period

月間げっかん

monthly / one month period

あい (2 words)

間の間あいのま

room connecting the two main rooms of a building

間の子あいのこ

person of mixed parentage

あいだ (6 words)

その間そのあいだ

meanwhile / in the meantime

space (between)

throughout

intervening

during

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ま (11 words)

仲間なかま

companion / friend / colleague

occasionally

lucky

lucky

after (practically) no time

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Other (1141 words)

間の間あいのま

room connecting the two main rooms of a building

the other day

moment

just the other day

brothel (esp. one that allows for penetrative intercourse)

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