• 135th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 228 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiān (jian1)between • among • within a definite time or space • room • section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars • classifier for rooms
2. jiàn (jian4)gap • to separate • to thin out (seedlings) • to sow discontent

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

之间 (之間)
夜间 (夜間)
房间 (房間)
时间 (時間)
瞬间 (瞬間)
空间 (空間)

Uncommon

世间 (世間)
中间 (中間)
人间 (人間)
晚间 (晚間)
期间 (期間)
民间 (民間)
无间 (無間)
突然间 (突然間)
卫生间 (衛生間)
开间 (開間)
间断 (間斷)
间谍 (間諜)

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  • 247th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 177 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiē (jie1)to receive • to answer (the phone) • to meet or welcome sb • to connect • to catch • to join • to extend • to take one's turn on duty • to take over for sb

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for jiē (jie1)The component is pronounced as 'qiè' (qie4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

接受 
接着 (接著)
直接 
迎接 
链接 (鏈接)

Uncommon

拼接 
接下 
接下来 (接下來)
接到 
接力 
接口 
接吻 
接待 
接收 
接机 (接機)
接纳 (接納)
接听 (接聽)
接触 (接觸)
接近 
接送 
接通 
接连 (接連)
连接 (連接)
间接 (間接)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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