1. 间
  2. 隙

间

Previous (高)Next (由)
  • 135th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.15% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 228 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
间→
门日
2Radical
间→
门gate日sun/day
3Graphical
间→
丶丨㇆口一

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.

Appears In

间 also appears in:
简涧锏裥

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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隙

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Previous (咕)Next (辣)
  • 2414th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 15 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
隙→
阝No glyph available
2Radical
隙→
阝town小small日sun/day小small
3Graphical
隙→
丨㇌亅八口一亅八

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xì (xi4)crack • crevice • gap or interval • loophole • discord • rift

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 隙 xì (xi4)The component 日 is pronounced as 'rì' (ri4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 隙 xì (xi4)The component 小 is pronounced as 'xiǎo' (xiao3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

缝隙 (縫隙)
间隙 (間隙)

Uncommon

白驹过隙 (白駒過隙)
空隙 

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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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