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Chinese symbol for “clearance”

间隙
jiàn xì
Traditional: 間隙
interval; gap; clearance

The closest CC-CEDICT match for clearance is 间隙 (jiàn xì), defined as: interval; gap; clearance.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

间 jiàn
between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
radical 169 ⾨ · 7 strokes
隙 xì
crack, fissure, split; grudge
radical 170 ⾩ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 间隙.

WordPinyinMeaning
时间 (時間)shí jiān(concept of) time; (duration of) time
之间 (之間)zhī jiān(after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间 (
期间 (期間)qī jiānperiod of time; time
空间 (空間)kōng jiānspace; room; (fig.) scope; leeway
民间 (民間)mín jiānamong the people; popular
中间 (中間)zhōng jiānthe middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among
缝隙 (縫隙)fèng xìsmall crack; chink
空隙kòng xìcrack; gap between two objects

See also: Japanese symbol for “clearance”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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