間 Stroke Order

间 1. The place where two periods of time or two types of things connect. Example: 中间 (middle), 间距 (distance), 间奏 (interlude), 天地之间 (between heaven and earth). 2. Within a certain space or time. Example: 田间 (between the fields), 人间 (the human realm). 3. The sections divided within a house. Example: 里间 (inner room), 衣帽间 (cloakroom), 间量 (room measurement). 4. A measure word, the smallest unit of a house. Example: 一间房 (one room). Noun: Between two parties. Example: 他夹在妻子与母亲之间，很难做人。 (He is caught between his wife and mother, making it hard for him to fit in.) Noun: A place, location, or a certain area of a building. Example: 田间 (in the fields), 阴间 (the underworld), 房间 (room). 1. Gap or space. Example: 间隙 (gap), 当间儿 (in between), 亲密无间 (close without gaps). 2. Separated, not connected. Example: 间隔 (interruption), 间断 (break), 间接 (indirect), 间日 (intervening days), 间歇 (intermittent), 黑白相间 (black and white alternating). 3. To provoke discord. Example: 离间 (to sow discord), 间谍 (spy), 反间计 (counter-intelligence scheme). 4. To remove or take away. Example: 间苗 (to thin out seedlings). 5. Remote paths. Example: 间道 (back road), 间行 (to take a side road). 6. To participate. Example: "肉食者谋之，又何间焉" (Those who partake in meat plots, what does it matter?). Noun: Gap. Example: 间隙 (gap), 间不容发 (not a moment to lose), cited in 《史记．卷六二．管晏传》: "其御之妻从门间而闚其夫" (His wife's servant peeked through the door at her husband). Noun: Spy. Example: 《史记．卷八一．廉颇蔺相如传》: "秦间来入, 赵奢善食而遣之" (Qin spies came in, Zhao She was good at eating [making arrangements] and sent them away).