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TranslingualEdit
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Han characterEdit
間 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日弓日 (ANA), four-corner 77607, composition ⿵門日)
Derived charactersEdit
- 僴, 𭂠, 墹, 𡢃(㛠), 𡼏, 𢢀(𫺒), 𢵧, 澗(涧), 𣊺, 𬛖, 橺, 𭮣, 𤏐(𭴳), 𤩎, 瞷(𬑗), 磵, 𥼴, 𦅘, 𦗬, 𧒄, 襇(裥), 𧢑, 𧬘, 𧯑, 𨅍(𨁴), 𨣉(𬪫), 鐧(锏), 𩻾, 𪙨, 覸, 𩴦, 鷼, 𪪢, 癎, 蕳(𫈉), 簡(简), 鬝, 𪧶
- 㗴 (Exception: Only for Japanese character form which contains ⿰口間. Other regional forms contain ⿰口閒 instead)
Related charactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 1333, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41249
- Dae Jaweon: page 1839, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4288, character 6
- Unihan data for U+9593
ChineseEdit
| trad. | 間 | |
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| simp. | 间 | |
| alternative forms | 閒 | |
Glyph originEdit
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| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Ideogrammic compound (會意): 門 (“door”) + 日 (“sun”). Originally 閒, moonlight (月) peeking through a door (門) – interstice; space.
EtymologyEdit
The two pronunciations are related, with Pronunciation 2 (間 (OC *kreːns)) being the exoactive of Pronunciation 1 (間 (OC *kreːn)).
Related to:
- 隙 (OC *kʰraɡ, “crack; chink”), 澗 (OC *kreːns, *kraːns, “ravine; brook (between mountains)”) (Wang, 1982);
- 閒 (OC *ɡreːn, “lazy; leisure”) (Karlgren, 1957; Baxter, 1992).
Externally, likely related to Mizo kâr (“space between; interval”), Burmese ကြား (kra:, “in-between; interval; interim”), အကြား (a.kra:, “gap; break”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation 1Edit
DefinitionsEdit
間
- within a definite time period or place
- among; between
- a moment; a little while; instant
- room; chamber
- section of a room; lateral space between two pairs of pillars
- Classifier for smallest units of housing, such as rooms and shopfronts.
- (chiefly Cantonese) Classifier for buildings in general, including schools, banks, cinemas, hospitals, shops, factories.
- a surname
SynonymsEdit
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 間
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Pronunciation 2Edit
DefinitionsEdit
間
- opening; gap; break
- estrangement; alienation; hostility
- spy; secret agent
- to keep away from; to keep apart
- to separate; to partition
- to alternate; to do something alternately
- to be mixed up with; to be intermingled
- to sow discord
- to blame; to reproach
- intermittently; sometimes
- in secret; clandestinely
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 間
Pronunciation 3Edit
DefinitionsEdit
間
ReferencesEdit
- “間”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- “Entry #9175”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
JapaneseEdit
| 間 | |
| 閒 |
KanjiEdit
間
(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 閒)
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
- Kun: あいだ (aida, 間, Jōyō); ま (ma, 間, Jōyō); あい (ai, 間); あわい (awai, 間); はざま (hazama, 間); うかがう (ukagau, 間う); しずか (shizuka, 間か); ひそかに (hisokani, 間かに)
- Nanori: ちか (chika)
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 1Edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 間 |
| あいだ Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 間 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 間, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Etymology 2Edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 間 |
| ま Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 間 – see the following entry. | ||
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Etymology 3Edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 間 |
| あい Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 間 – see the following entry. | ||
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Etymology 4Edit
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| 間 |
| かん Grade: 2 |
| on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 間／间 (kɛn, “interval”).
PronunciationEdit
AffixEdit
- space; interval; among; between
- extent; scope
- hidden; invisible
- Alternative spelling of 閑 (kan, “free time”)
NounEdit
SuffixEdit
- suffixes some expressions of time to tell duration rather than time or date
- 二時 ― ni-ji ― two (o'clock)
- 二時間 ― ni-jikan ― two hours
- 二時五分 ― ni-ji go-fun ― five past two
- 五分(間) ― go-fun(kan) ― five minutes
- 二日 ― futsuka ― the 2nd (day of the month)
- 二日(間) ― futsuka(kan) ― two days
Etymology 5Edit
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| 間 |
| はざま Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi |
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ReferencesEdit
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
間: Hán Nôm readings: gian, dán, gián
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