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The kanji 間: meaning, readings and stroke order
間
- Meaning
- between, during
- On reading
- カン kan、ケン ken
- Kun reading
- あいだ aida、ま ma
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 門 gate
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- khoảng giữa (gian)
- Japanese
- あいだ。ま。
- Korean
- 사이, 동안 (간)
- Chinese
- 之间、期间 (间)
Readings, words and example sentences
カン kan · on reading
一週間
one week
かぜで 一週間 休みました。
I stayed home for a week with a cold.
ケン ken · on reading
人間
human being
人間は 考える 生きものです。
Humans are living things that think.
あいだ aida · kun reading
間
between, space between
学校と 池の 間に 森が あります。
There is a forest between the school and the pond.
ま ma · kun reading
間に合う
to be in time
走って 電車に 間に合いました。
I ran and made it to the train in time.
Practise writing 間 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 間 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 2 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.