間

between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms

间 = 日 + 门 : Mnemonic symbol: a changing cubicle.

间 = 日 + 门 : Joan of Arc wants to try a new approach of solving earth's energy crisis. In front of the anthill she set up a changing cubicle and invites the sun to try it out. The sun doesn't know that the Joan of Arc installed a trap door inside of the changing cubicle and plans to exploit the sun as quasi inexhaustible energy source once she captured her.

间

間

jiàn = ji + an4

gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent

間 character breakdown

間
- 日
  - 一
  - 囗
- 門

日

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

日

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

门

門

mén = m + (e)n2

surname Men

门

門

mén = m + (e)n2

gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

Mahatma Gandhi wants his revenge on the Chinese emperor! Like a spider he sits in the upper left corner of the encampment's kitchen, ready to strike with the trap door he installed in the floor.

Characters with 間 as component

简

簡

jiǎn = ji + an3

simple / uncomplicated / letter / to choose / to select / bamboo strips used for writing (old)

简 = ⺮ + 间 : Joan of Arc is working out inside of the anthill. She put up a changing cubicle and on top of it a bamboo stick so that she can practise pull ups. It's very easy for her to do 20 pull ups in a row.

涧

澗

jiàn = ji + an4

mountain stream

锏

鐧

jiǎn = ji + an3

ancient weapon like a long solid metal truncheon

僴

xiàn = xi + an4

old variant of 僩[xian4]

癎