jiān between; among; within a definite time or space; room

Made up of [ mén entrance; gate radical 169, sun; day radical 72]
Alternative traditional form of character:
Made with 7 strokes.
Suggested by an entrance opening onto the sun - a room

Related characters


Also uses mén component: jiàn (gap) mén (s) ; rùn (leap) ; wèn (ask) ; wén (to hear) ; xián (to stay idle)
Also uses component: bái (bright) céng (once) ; chāng (prosperous) ; chūn (spring) ; dàn (dawn) ; hūn (to marry) ; jiàn (gap) ; jǐng (bright) ; jiù (old) ; míng (bright) ; (do not) ; (general) ; qíng (clear sky) ; shì (is) ; shí (time) ; shǔ (heat) ; wǎn (evening) ; xiāng (fragrant) ; xīng (star) ; yáng (yang) ; (easy) ; yīn (sound) ; yǐng (picture) ; zǎo (early) ; zhào (according to) ; zhě (in process of) ; zhuō (table) ; zuì (most) ; zuó (previous)

Sounds same

jiān (narrow) ; jiān (difficult)

Different tone

jiǎn (scissors) ; jiàn (healthy) ; jiàn (see) ; jiàn ; jiàn (to establish) ; jiàn (gap) ; jiàn (arrow)

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Pronunciation

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stroke order for 间
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Proverbs

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