隔 – isolate, alternate, distance

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1382 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 隔 means isolate, alternate, distance, separate, gulf. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カク (kaku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is へだ.てる、へだ.たる (hedateru, hedataru). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 阜 (no. 170).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カク	kaku
Kun’yomi	へだ.てる	hedateru
Kun’yomi	へだ.たる	hedataru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 阜 (Kangxi radical 170). Components: 一・口・儿・冂・阡・鬲.

Words using 隔

間隔かんかくspace隔てるへだてるto separate (by distance, time, etc.)隔週かくしゅうevery other week隔たるへだたるto be distant

Example sentences

バスは１５分間隔で運転されている。

There is a bus every fifteen minutes.

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アイルランドとイギリスは海によって隔てられている。

Ireland and England are separated by the sea.

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その村は海から何キロも隔たっている。

The village is many kilometers away from the seashore.

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Kanji with the same radical

院際防限階除降隊険陸障陣陽隣隠陥

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