空间
kōng jiān 1–1
space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space
- Characters
- 2
- 空 · 间
- Syllables
- 2
- kōng jiān
- Frequency
- Common
- corpus count 1,306
Part of speech: n
Character by character
- 空kōng8 strokesHSK 2empty, hollow, bare, deserted
- 间jiān7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 間midpoint, space; place, locality
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 空间. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 时间shí jiānHSK 1
time; period
- 之间zhī jiānHSK 4
(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)
- 间jiānHSK 1
between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms
- 空kōngHSK 3
empty; air; sky; in vain
- 房间fáng jiānHSK 1
room
- 期间qī jiānHSK 4
period of time; time; time period; period
- 中间zhōng jiānHSK 1
the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime
- 空气kōng qìHSK 2
air; atmosphere
- 航空háng kōngHSK 4
aviation
- 天空tiān kōngHSK 3
sky
- 空中kōng zhōngHSK 5
in the sky; in the air
- 太空tài kōngHSK 5
outer space
- 瞬间shùn jiānHSK 7
in an instant; in a flash
- 空调kōng tiáoHSK 3
air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)
- 空军kōng jūnHSK 6
air force
- 人间rén jiānHSK 5
the human world; the earth
- 间谍jiàn diéHSK 7
spy
- 空白kòng báiHSK 7
blank space
- 夜间yè jiānHSK 5
nighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes)
- 时空shí kōngHSK 7
time and place; world of a particular locale and era; (physics) space-time
- 民间mín jiānHSK 3
among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments
- 卫生间wèi shēng jiānHSK 3
bathroom; toilet; WC
- 一瞬间yī shùn jiānHSK 7
split second
- 上空shàng kōngHSK 7
overhead; in the sky