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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

1168 words total

Other (14 words)

in an instant

the other day

to be confused

(human) clone

schizoid person

vector space

pi meson

phase space

(period of) one year

fixed interval

nursing time

one ken (approx. 1.8 m)

一瞬間いっしゅんかん

moment

一時間いちじかん

one hour

あい (1 words)

間の子あいのこ

person of mixed parentage

あいだ (2 words)

間あいだ

space (between)

間にあるあいだにある

intervening

ま (3 words)

間男まおとこ

married woman's secret lover

間々あるままある

to be not uncommon

間もなくまもなく

soon

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