行間

See also: 行间

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (行間)		行	間
simp. (行间)		行	间
anagram		間行／间行

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hángjiān

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hong⁴ gaan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hángjiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hángjian
  - Wade–Giles: hang²-chien¹
  - Yale: háng-jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harngjian
  - Palladius: ханцзянь (xanczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hong⁴ gaan¹
  - Yale: hòhng gāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hong⁴ gaan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hong⁴ gan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ²¹ kaːn⁵⁵/

Noun

行間

between the lines

Derived terms

字裡行間 / 字里行间 (zìlǐhángjiān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (行間):

→ Korean: 행간(行間) (haenggan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
行	間
ぎょう Grade: 2	かん Grade: 2
goon	kan'on

Etymology

行 (“line”) +‎ 間 (“gap; in between”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぎょーかん [gyòókáń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɡʲo̞ːkã̠ɴ]

Noun

行(ぎょう)間(かん) • (gyōkan) ^{←ぎゃうかん (gyaukan)^?}

(typography) a line gap, the white space between the left/bottom of one line and the right/top of the next line, corresponding to the original "leading" in letterpress printing
Coordinate terms: インテル (interu), 行送り (gyōokuri), 字間 (jikan), 段間 (dankan)

Usage notes

行間 (gyōkan) can be measured in points or 歯 (ha).
Mathematically speaking, 行間 (gyōkan) = 行送り (gyōokuri) - font size.