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間
On'yomi
カン・ケン
KAN / KEN
Kun'yomi
あいだ・ま・あい
aida / ma / ai
interval · space
Details
Strokes12
Frequency#33
Radical門gate(8)
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Strokes12
Component Breakdown
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門日
surround from above: gate + sun
Cultural Context
Etymology
Sun/moon (日) visible through a gate (門). Gap, space between.
Symbolism
Negative space, relationships, aesthetics of 'ma'. Important concept in Japanese art.
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
無間地獄
むけんじごく
the Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells); hell of uninterrupted suffering; the Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)
反間苦肉
はんかんくにく
stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot; stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot
Proverbs & Idioms
人間万事塞翁が馬
にんげんばんじさいおうがうま
The old man and the horse
Fortune and misfortune are unpredictable
Poetry
和歌（百人一首） (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))
難波潟 みじかき葦の ふしの間も あはでこの世を 過ぐしてよとや
Poem #19 from Hyakunin Isshu
伊勢Ise
9th century和歌（百人一首） (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))
秋風に たなびく雲の たえ間より もれ出づる月の かげのさやけさ
Poem #79 from Hyakunin Isshu
左京大夫顕輔左京大夫顕輔
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