Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
gate
Parts:
Variants:
interval, space
Kun:
あいだあい
On:
カンケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
33 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 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)

Kun reading compounds

  • 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

Readings

Japanese names:
ちか、 は、 はざ、 はし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian1, jian4
Korean:
gan

Spanish

  • intervalo
  • espacio
  • habitación

Portuguese

  • intervalo
  • espaço

French

  • intervalle
  • espace
58 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
100 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
92 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
27 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4949 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
174 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
96 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1822 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.7 Japanese for Busy People
43 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
43 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
161 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1841 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4122 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2094 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2836 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1634 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41249 Morohashi
3323 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6391 New Nelson (John Haig)
1620 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1747 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
31 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
215 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3878 2001 Kanji
8e4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-8-4 SKIP code
7760.7 Four corner code
1-20-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9593 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
borrow, rent
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
932 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 借家 【シャクヤ】 rented house, house for rent
  • 借地 【シャクチ】 leased land
  • 賃借 【チンシャク】 hiring, renting, leasing
  • 賃貸借 【チンタイシャク】 renting, leasing

Kun reading compounds

  • 借りる 【かりる】 to borrow, to have a loan, to rent, to hire
  • 借りる時の地蔵顔、済す時の閻魔顔 【かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお】 people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it, when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jie4
Korean:
cha, jeog

Spanish

  • deuda
  • pedir prestado
  • alquilar

Portuguese

  • pedir emprestado
  • aluguel

French

  • emprunter
  • louer
420 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
530 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
502 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
996 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
490 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
471 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
119 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1032 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.19 Japanese for Busy People
766 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
780 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
182 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
106 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
137 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
91 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
104 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1194 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
781 Morohashi
122 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
259 New Nelson (John Haig)
1186 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1270 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
547 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2178 2001 Kanji
2a8.22 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-8 SKIP code
2426.1 Four corner code
1-28-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
501f Unicode hex code