Memory phrase for the character: 間

間

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Meaning

space, gap

Pronunciation

 KAN, KEN
aida, ma

Explanation

 Combines gate 門 and sun 日

Mnemonic
 
At the gate, the sun shines through: the gap (space).

Radicals

門 gateThe radical mon is the picture of a gate.
日 day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
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 Vocabulary

間 あいだ  space, room, time, pause
間違える まちがえる  to err, to make a mistake
居間 いま  living room (western style)
世間 せけん  world, society, public
時間 じかん  time
週間 しゅうかん  week, weekly
仲間 なかま  company, fellow, colleague, mate, comrade
区間 くかん  section (of track, etc)
合間 あいま  interval

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