Chinese symbol for “gap”
间
jiàn
Traditional: 間
gap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings); to sow discontent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gap is 间 (jiàn), defined as: gap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings); to sow discontent.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “gap”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 间隔 (間隔) | jiàn gé | gap; interval |
| 间距 (間距) | jiān jù | gap; spacing; distance between objects; interval between events |
| 空子 | kòng zi | gap; unoccupied space or time |
| 差距 | chā jù | disparity; gap |
| 空档 (空檔) | kòng dàng | gap (between two objects); interval of time (between events) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 间.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 jiān | period of time; time |
| 空间 (空間) | kōng jiān | space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway |
| 民间 (民間) | mín jiān | among the people; popular |
| 中间 (中間) | zhōng jiān | the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gap”.
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.