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間 means 'interval'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 21   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Study set: 1-1    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 1    Beginner lesson: 5   Begins 184 words   Used in 1114 words   Used in 2372 names   Component in 5 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   カン   ケン
Kun
   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room
Additional readings
Kun    あい
Name    ちか   は   はざ   はし
Variants
间 (Chinese)  
Components
⿵  門 gate  日 sun; day  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 間 is used 50 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 間 is used 1079 times, read 5 ways (with 1 variation). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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カン : 683 words FIND ALL
じ か ん 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. time
2. hours (period of)
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ケン (read as げん) : 81 words FIND ALL
に ん げ ん 0
noun
1. human being; person; man; mankind; humankind
2. character (of a person)
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ケン : 32 words FIND ALL
せ け ん 1
noun
world; society
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ま : 231 words FIND ALL
ま ち が い 3
noun
1. mistake; error; blunder  (see also: ミス)
2. accident; mishap; trouble
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あい : 29 words FIND ALL
noun
1. number of days; period of days  (see also: 日数)
2. daily interest rate
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あいだ : 22 words FIND ALL
あ い だ 0
noun
1. space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch
noun, adverb
2. period of time (during, while); duration; interval
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
noun
chink (e.g. in fence); gap (e.g. in hedge)  (see also: 垣間見る)
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An additional 41 less common words include 間 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 100 (originally: 92)  Joy o' Kanji : 92  Key to Kanji: 143 

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間
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
門
モン   かど gate   
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