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空間

くうかん

space, room

Mnemonic

Empty gap with nothing in it at all. The same coo くう as 空気 and the same Khan かん, until somebody puts a great deal of furniture into a very small one: くうかん.

Worth knowing

部屋 へや is a room with walls. 空間 is the space itself, and 余裕 よゆう is room as spare capacity.

Built from

sky, empty
穴 hole + 工 carpenter's square
interval, gap
門 gate + 日 sun

Words sharing these kanji

sky, weather atmosphere, air to become available or vacant to be empty, to become less crowded time, hour human being, people interval (of time, space, etc.) interval, duration of time, pause instant, moment comrade, peer to be mistaken, to be incorrect before one knows, unnoticed

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