Japanese Word Entry

離間
Kana:りかん
Romaji:rikan
Definition: estrangement, alienation, sowing discord, driving a wedge

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Chinese characters used in this word

detach, separation, disjoin, digress, leave, depart, go away, separate, trigram ☲, hexagram ䷝
Readings
Mandarin: ㄌㄧˊ (lí), ㄌㄧˋ (lì), ㄌㄧˇ (lǐ), ㄔ (chī), ㄍㄨˇ (gǔ)
Cantonese: lei4
Japanese: リ (ri) / はな.れる (hanareru)、 はな.す (hanasu)、 つく (tsuku)
Korean: 리 (ri), 이 (i)
Vietnamese: ly, li
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:

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
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