Japanese Word Entry
人間の鎖| Kana: | にんげんのくさり |
| Romaji: | ningen'nokusari |
| Definition: | human chain (chain of people holding hands, usually in protest) |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 人 | person, man, people, mankind, someone else |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄖㄣˊ (rén) |
| Cantonese: | jan4 |
| Japanese: | ジン (jin)、 ニン (nin) / ひと (hito)、 -り (-ri)、 -と (-to) |
| Korean: | 인 (in) |
| Vietnamese: | nhân |
| 間 | interval, space, place, between |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄐㄧㄢ (jiān), ㄐㄧㄢˋ (jiàn), ㄐㄧㄢˇ (jiǎn) |
| Cantonese: | gaan1 |
| Japanese: | カン (kan)、 ケン (ken) / あいだ (aida)、 ま (ma)、 あい (ai)、 しずか (shizuka) |
| Korean: | 간 (gan) |
| Vietnamese: | gian |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 间 |
| Semantic variant form: | 閒 |
| 鎖 | chain, irons, connection, lock, padlock, shackles, chains |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄙㄨㄛˇ (suǒ) |
| Cantonese: | so2 |
| Japanese: | サ (sa) / くさり (kusari)、 とざ.す (tozasu) |
| Korean: | 쇄 (swae) |
| Vietnamese: | tỏa, toả |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 锁 |
| Semantic variant form: | 鏁 |