jiān

between; among; within a definite time or space

HSK 2 #135

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 135th character
Radical ⾨ (169.4)
Strokes 7
Index # 847
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

间 jiān
  1. 1. between
  2. 2. among
  3. 3. within a definite time or space
  4. 4. room
  5. 5. classifier for rooms
  6. 6. section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
间 jiàn
  1. 1. gap
  2. 2. to separate
  3. 3. to sow discontent
  4. 4. to thin out (seedlings)

Stroke order

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Words containing 间

Word Meaning
USA Eastern Standard Time
slipped disk; prolapsed disk; vertebral herniation
herniated lumbar disk
waist
to race against time
to take up time; to spend time
tea break
between rows
visuo-spatial sketchpad
examination room (in a doctor's office)
test room
semantic space
hyperspace; superspace; higher dimensional space
orbiting space station
manned orbiting space station
office hours
just now; the present time
foundry (workshop or factory)
closed interval (in calculus)
open interval (in calculus)
(to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom)
secret envoy; acupuncture point Pc-5
mesenchymal (tissue, in cell biology)
mesenchyme (loosely organized embryonic connective tissue)
mesenchymal stem cell MSC (in cell biology)