隔
isolate, alternate, distance, separate, gulf
Readings
On'yomi
- カク
Kun'yomi
- へだ.てる
- へだ.たる
Meaning
隔 centers on creating or having a gap that separates things: isolating, distancing, or alternating between two sides. The gulf sense is a strong spatial separation.
Most common words using 隔
20 of 119- 隔離かくり
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
- 遠隔えんかく
distant; remote; isolated
- 間隔かんかくN2
space; interval
- 隔てへだて
partition; distinction
- 隔絶かくぜつ
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility; sequestration
- 隔週かくしゅうN1
every other week; every two weeks
- 隔たりへだたり
distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm; estrangement
- 隔壁かくへき
barrier wall; bulkhead; partition; septum; diaphragm
- 横隔膜おうかくまく
diaphragm
- 等間隔とうかんかく
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
- 隔てるへだてるN2
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to partition; to divide
- 隔月かくげつN1
every second month; every other month
- 隔かく
every other; second; alternate
- 隔世かくせい
separation of ages; being of a different age
- 隔年かくねん
biennially; every second year; every other year
- 隔日かくじつN1
every other day; every second day
- 隔たるへだたるN1
to be distant
- ウイルス隔離ウイルスかくり
virus removal; virus sweep
- ブロック間隔ブロックかんかく
interblock gap; IBG
- レコード間隔レコードかんかく
interrecord gap; IRG
Study
Etymology
隔 combines ⻖ (mound, hill) with 鬲, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of a barrier or separation. The mound radical suggests a physical obstacle that creates distance.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side ⻖ is a hill, and the right side 鬲 looks like a cauldron with legs. Picture a hill separating you from a cooking pot, creating a gulf that isolates you from the food.
Reading mnemonic
For カク, imagine a huge crack in the ground that isolates two sides: crack -> カク, and the gap separates everything.