間 (aida) Kanji Meaning: "Interval" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

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Drawing: Sunlight slips through the gap between gate doors: space, interval.

間 means interval

space

Sunlight slips through the gap between gate doors: space, interval.

On'yomi

  • カンkan
  • ケンken

Kun'yomi

  • あいだaida
  • まma
  • あいai

How it's built

  • 門gate
  • 日sun

Common words

  • 間まtime; pause
  • 洋間ようまWestern-style room
  • 週間しゅうかんweek
  • 間食かんしょくeating between meals; snacking

Through history

  1. Bronze script form of 間Bronze
  2. Seal script form of 間Seal
  3. Today

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