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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N5

33 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: interval, space

Kunyomi: あいだ, ま, あい

Onyomi: カン, ケン

Composition: 門 日

間

Radical

Radical: 門

Reading: もんがまえ

Meaning: gate

Strokes: 8

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Examples

Examples with audio

一週間(いっしゅうかん)   one week

二時間(にじかん)   two hours

世間(せけん)   society, the public, people

人間(にんげん)   human

この間(このあいだ)   the other day

間に(あいだに)   in between, while

居間(いま)   living room

仲間(なかま)   circle of friends

間違い(まちがい)   mistake

間違える(まちがえる)   make a mistake

間に合う(まにあう)   be in time, be enough

昼間(ひるま)   day time

Onyomi Examples

間 (カン) interval, period of time, among, between, inter-, good opportunity, chance, estrangement, discord, alienation, spy, secret agent

間隔 (カンカク) space, interval, space character, whitespace

短期間 (タンキカン) short term, short time

右中間 (ウチュウカン) between right and center fielders (centre)

間 (ケン) ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m), counter used to number the gaps between pillars

間数 (ケンスウ) number of ken (in length or breadth)

世間 (セケン) world, society, people, the public

六百間 (ロッピャッケン) roppyakken (type of game)

Kunyomi Examples

間 (あいだ) space (between), gap, interval, distance, stretch, period of time (during, while), duration, interval, between (two parties or things), among (a group), relations (between), relationship, midpoint, average, halfway, middle ground, due to, because of

間中 (あいだじゅう) during

候間 (そうろうあいだ) as ...

ついこの間 (ついこのあいだ) just the other day, quite recently

間 (ま) time, pause, space, room

間際 (まぎわ) the point just before ..., the point of (doing), the verge (of), the eve (of), (just before the) edge

茶の間 (ちゃのま) (Japanese-style) living room

床の間 (とこのま) tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)

間 (あいだ) space (between), gap, interval, distance, stretch, period of time (during, while), duration, interval, between (two parties or things), among (a group), relations (between), relationship, midpoint, average, halfway, middle ground, due to, because of

間中 (あいだじゅう) during

波間 (なみま) interval between the waves, gap between waves

幕間 (まくあい) intermission (between acts), interlude

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