隔 means “separate, interval”
かく · kaku
Also: isolate, alternate, distance
- Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
- へだてる, へだたる
- On'yomi (Chinese reading)
- カク
JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 13 strokes
The story
A mound (阝) beside 鬲, an ancient cooking pot on three hollow legs: picture an earthen wall built between two fires. 隔 is a gap set between: 間隔 is spacing, 隔週 every other week, and 隔離 quarantine.
Used in 間隔 (kankaku, interval/spacing), 隔週 (kakushuu, every other week), and 隔離 (kakuri, isolation/quarantine)
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- 随 follow along
- 添 add
- 疎 sparse
- 媒 medium
- 寡 few
- 附 attach
- 独 alone
- 離 separate
- 従 follow
- 伴 accompany
- 属 belong
- 併 combine
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