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Kotomora

隙

crevice, fissure, discord, opportunity, leisure

StatusJōyō · secondary schoolStrokes13

Readings

On'yomi

  • ゲキ
  • キャク
  • ケキ

Kun'yomi

  • すき
  • す.く
  • す.かす
  • ひま

Meaning

隙 centers on a narrow opening or gap: a physical crevice or fissure, a break in harmony (discord), or a gap in time that creates opportunity or leisure.

Most common words using 隙

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  • 隙間すきま
    N2

    gap; opening; aperture; crevice; crack; chink; space

  • 隙すき
    N1

    gap; opening; room; space

  • 間隙かんげき

    gap

  • 空隙くうげき

    vacant space; aperture; gap; opening

  • 隙間風すきまかぜ

    draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window

  • シナプス間隙シナプスかんげき

    synaptic cleft

  • 一分の隙もないいちぶのすきもない

    without any weak spot; watertight (e.g. reasoning); impeccable

  • 填隙てんげき

    caulking; calking

  • 孔隙率こうげきりつ

    porosity

  • 寸隙すんげき

    spare time; spare moment

  • 油断も隙もないゆだんもすきもない

    one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...

  • 潜在空隙せんざいくうげき

    potential space

  • 白駒の隙を過ぐるが如しはっくのげきをすぐるがごとし

    time flies; like watching a white horse run by through a gap in the wall (Zhuangzi)

  • 穴隙けつげき

    crevice; aperture

  • 細隙さいげき

    slit; interstice; narrow aperture

  • 罅隙かげき

    crack; slit; crevice; crevasse

  • 間隙比かんげきひ

    void ratio

  • 間隙率かんげきりつ

    porosity

  • 隙げき

    gap; opening; space

  • 隙ひま

    gap; opening; space

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Etymology

隙 combines ⻖ (mound, hill) with a phonetic component that historically relates to a gap or crack. The exact development of the right side is uncertain, but the overall character expresses a narrow space or fissure.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side ⻖ suggests a steep hill or wall, and the right side looks like a small sun 日 peeking through a narrow crack above 小. Imagine a crevice in a cliff where sunlight slips through, creating a moment of leisure or an opportunity.

Reading mnemonic

For ゲキ, picture a gecko squeezing through a narrow crevice in a wall: gecko -> ゲキ, and the gecko finds an opportunity in the gap.