Read Edit View history Discussion 間 jiānjiàngān HSK1 space Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts sunlight (日) shining through the gap in a door (門). Pinyin Separate values with commas jiān ×jian ×jiàn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 间 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 間 Simp strokes 間 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 間 Simp strokes 間 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 間 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 187, 748 ], [ 223, 708 ], [ 230, 638 ], [ 223, 295 ], [ 211, 187 ], [ 195, 117 ], [ 195, 54 ] ], [ [ 257, 725 ], [ 270, 718 ], [ 334, 737 ], [ 378, 742 ], [ 407, 715 ], [ 398, 673 ], [ 386, 537 ], [ 377, 510 ], [ 363, 509 ] ], [ [ 258, 597 ], [ 264, 609 ], [ 279, 617 ], [ 307, 622 ], [ 330, 618 ] ], [ [ 251, 498 ], [ 265, 513 ], [ 349, 526 ] ], [ [ 556, 780 ], [ 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