漢字城 Kanji Fortress

間 interval

Also: space

On'yomi
カン、ケン
Kun'yomi
あいだ、ま、あい
Strokes
12
JLPT
N5
Taught in
Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
間 is written in 12 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Sunlight (日) peeks through the gap between the two doors of a gate (門) — the space in between.

A common word

  • 時間 じかん time; hours

Example sentences

  • じかんがありません。

    I don't have time.

  • えきとがっこうのあいだにこうえんがあります。

    There is a park between the station and the school.

Kanji that share a part

門 is its radical. 12 kanji share it in all.

日 is a component. 78 kanji share it in all.