隔
隔·separate, interval, set apart
- On-yomi
- カク
- Kun-yomi
- へだ(てる)へだ(たる)
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Stroke order
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Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 間隔 | かんかく | interval, spacing |
| 隔てる | へだてる | to separate, to divide |
| 隔離 | かくり | isolation, quarantine |
| 隔週 | かくしゅう | every other week |
Example sentences
机を同じ間隔で並べてください。
つくえをおなじかんかくでならべてください。
Please line the desks up at equal intervals.
細い川が二つの村を隔てている。
ほそいかわがふたつのむらをへだてている。
A narrow river separates the two villages.
その会議は隔週で開かれる。
そのかいぎはかくしゅうでひらかれる。
That meeting is held every other week.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 間隔 as かんかん — it is かんかく
- Confusing 間隔 (spacing) with 感覚 (かんかく, sensation)
Memory aid
Picture it
A hill 阝 on the left with a sealed cooking pot 鬲 beside it: a barrier keeping two things apart, leaving a measured gap between them.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 遠隔えんかくremote, distant
- 隔離かくりisolation, quarantine
- 隔絶かくぜつisolation, being cut off
- 隔週かくしゅうevery other week; fortnightly
- 隔たるへだたるto be distant (in space or time); to grow apart; to differ widely
- 隔離するかくりするto isolate, to quarantine
- 隔てるへだてるto separate, to divide, to put distance between, to estrange
- 間隔かんかくinterval, space, gap (in time or distance)
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