間
부수: 門
획수: 12획
間 has the meanings between, time interval, space and relation.
間 = 門 + 日
X = semantic + semantic
• 門 depicts a double-sided door.
• 日 depicts the sun and represents light. This gives the character its original meaning of ‘crack’ or ‘crevice’. From this comes the meanings ‘interval’, ‘space’ and ‘between’.
Evolution:
間 = crevice ➔ time interval
間 = crevice ➔ within ➔ space
間 = crevice ➔ within ➔ relation
Mnemonic
The intended meaning of 間 as light 日 shining through the cracks of a door 門 is easy to remember. No creative mnemonic is needed.
Vocabulary
| 間諜 | 간첩 | a spy |
| 間食 | 간식 | snack |
| 中間 | 중간 | midway |
| 門間 | 문간 | entrance |
| 山間 | 산간 | being mountainous |
| 行間 | 행간 | space between lines |
| 間斷 | 간단 | interruption |
| 間腦 | 간뇌 | the diencephalon |
| 時間 | 시간 | time |
| 夜間 | 야간 | nighttime |
| 期間 | 기간 | period; term |
| 瞬間 | 순간 | moment |
| 幕間 | 막간 | intermission; pause |
| 瞥眼間 | 별안간 | in a flash of the eye |
| 當分間 | 당분간 | for the present time |
| 間隔 | 간격 | interval; gap; space |
| 空間 | 공간 | space |
| 間接 | 간접 | indirectness |
| 民間 | 민간 | civil; private |
| 離間 | 이간 | alienation |
| 人間 | 인간 | human |
Additional notes
The word 간첩間諜 (spy) means ‘one who peeks through holes’.
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Bibliography
Affiliate links help support uK.
— Daum 사전, [s.v. 間].
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 1197]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 間, 門, 日].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 100]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.