間
N5 WaniKani
Stroke Order
Meaning
Interval, Space
On'yomi (音読み)
かん, けん
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
あいだ, ま, あい
Stroke Count
12 strokes
間 in useful words
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- 時間じかん
- time
- 人間にんげん
- human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind
- 中間ちゅうかん
- middle; midway; halfway; centre; center
- 年間ねんかん
- (period of) a year
- 期間きかん
- period; term; interval
- 仲間なかま
- companion; fellow; friend; mate; comrade; partner; colleague; coworker; associate
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