A plate of pilaf with some kebabs is heaven on earth.
Sentence #419826 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 人间 is built
Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.
人rénperson; people
人 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidA person walking, seen from the side: two legs.
间jiānbetween
门gate · mén
日sun · rì
Memory aidSunlight 日 coming through a gap in the gate 门: a gap, the space between, a room.
How to write 人间
人 2 strokes · 间 7 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 人间 (rénjiān). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
人间 (rénjiān) means “the human world” or “this world”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it rénjiān: rén with a 2nd tone, then jiān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 人间 is written 人間. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type renjian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 人间 from the suggestions. Typing renjian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
人间 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
人rén2nd tone, rising
间jiān1st tone, high and level
