隔

隔 U+9694, 隔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9694 ← 隓 [U+9693] CJK Unified Ideographs 隕 → [U+9695]

Translingual

Han character

隔 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓中一口月 (NLMRB), four-corner 7122₇, composition ⿰阝鬲)

Derived characters

• 𥴩

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1358, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41783
• Dae Jaweon: page 1862, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4149, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9694

Chinese

simp. and trad.		隔

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
隔	*kreːɡ
膈	*kreːɡ
搹	*kreːɡ
鬲	*kreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ
槅	*kreːɡ
嗝	*kreːɡ
虉	*ŋɡreːɡ, *ŋɡeːɡ
翮	*ɡreːɡ
滆	*ɡreːɡ
蒚	*ɡreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ
鎘	*ɡ·reːɡ

Characters in the same phonetic series (鬲) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreːɡ) : semantic 阝 (“wall”) + phonetic 鬲 (OC *kreːɡ, *ɡ·reːɡ) – to separate with a wall.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	隔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麥 (119)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古核切
Baxter	keak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/kɛk̚/
Wang Li	/kæk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ge
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gak1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	隔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gé
Middle Chinese	‹ kɛk ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁrek/
English	obstruct, separate (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	隔
Reading #	1/1
No.	3840
Phonetic component	鬲
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	隔
Old Chinese	/*kreːɡ/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gé (ge²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ge²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kak

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gag⁵

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): keh / keeh / kiak / kek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gêh⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷kaq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gé
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gé
    • Wade–Giles: ko²
    • Yale: gé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
    • Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ge²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ge
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaak³
    • Yale: gaak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kak
    • Hakka Romanization System: gag^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kak̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kak̚¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keh
    • Tâi-lô: keh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /keʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /keʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keeh
    • Tâi-lô: keeh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiak
    • Tâi-lô: kiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek
    • Tâi-lô: kik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚³²/

Note:

• keh/keeh - vernacular (“to separate; to be separated by; to be separated by a certain amount of time; to sever; partition inside a container”);
• kiak/kek - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gêh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: keh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keʔ²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷kaq
    • MiniDict: kah^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴kaq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kaʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: keak

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤrek/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːɡ/

Definitions

隔

1. to separate; to partition

   • 明日隔山岳，世事兩茫茫。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     明日隔山岳，世事两茫茫。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 759, Du Fu (杜甫). To My Retired Friend Wei (《贈衛八處士》). English text based on the translation by Witter Bynner.

     Míngrì gé shānyuè, shìshì liǎng mángmáng. [Pinyin]

     Tomorrow the mountains will separate us;
     After tomorrow — who can say?

2. to block; to obstruct
3. (in compounds) next; following; subsequent
4. (in compounds) alternating
5. to block; to obstruct

   • 仕路隔絕，志窮無如。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     仕路隔绝，志穷无如。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE, translated based on Alfred Forke's version

     Shìlù géjué, zhìqióng wúrú. [Pinyin]

     [H]is official career was definitely closed. He could not help it.

6. (Cantonese, Min) (in compounds) previous
7. (Hakka) to pull something apart (with one's hand)
8. (Hokkien) to be separated by; to be apart; to be away from (a place)

   𪜶厝佮阮厝隔足遠的。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   𪜶厝佮阮厝隔足远的。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   In chhù kah goán chhù keh chiok hn̄g ê. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   His/her house are far apart from my house.

9. (Hokkien) to separated by a certain amount of time; to leave a gap of (a time period)
10. (Hokkien) to sever; to split; to separate

    將這間房隔做兩間。 [Hokkien, trad.]
    将这间房隔做两间。 [Hokkien, simp.]

    Chiang che keng pâng keh chò lióng keng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

    to split the room into two

11. (Mainland China Hokkien) partition inside a container

Compounds

• 乖隔
• 分隔 (fēngé)
• 初五隔開／初五隔开
• 劉家隔／刘家隔 (Liújiāgé)
• 區隔／区隔 (qūgé)
• 口隔心慌
• 否隔
• 天人永隔
• 天人路隔
• 天懸地隔／天悬地隔
• 天遠地隔／天远地隔
• 如隔三秋
• 市場區隔／市场区隔
• 弱水之隔
• 恍如隔世 (huǎngrúgéshì)
• 恍若隔世
• 懸隔／悬隔 (xuángé)
• 打隔山炮
• 擔隔夜憂／担隔夜忧
• 明亮隔
• 每隔 (měigé)
• 疏隔
• 相隔 (xiānggé)
• 種族隔離／种族隔离 (zhǒngzú gélí)
• 迥隔霄壤
• 遙隔／遥隔
• 間隔／间隔
• 間隔號／间隔号 (jiàngéhào)
• 阻隔 (zǔgé)
• 陰陽兩隔／阴阳两隔
• 陰陽間隔／阴阳间隔
• 隔三差五 (gésānchàwǔ)
• 隔不住
• 隔世 (géshì)
• 隔二偏三
• 隔代 (gédài)
• 隔代遺傳／隔代遗传 (gédài yíchuán)
• 隔壁 (gébì)
• 隔壁帳／隔壁帐
• 隔壁戲／隔壁戏
• 隔壁聽／隔壁听
• 隔壁醋
• 隔夜 (géyè)
• 隔夜色
• 隔天 (gétiān)
• 隔子
• 隔屋攛椽／隔屋撺椽
• 隔山
• 隔山打牛
• 隔山拘火
• 隔岸
• 隔岸觀火／隔岸观火 (gé'ànguānhuǒ)
• 隔岸開火／隔岸开火
• 隔帛兒／隔帛儿
• 隔座
• 隔從／隔从
• 隔房 (géfáng)
• 隔房同輩／隔房同辈
• 隔扇
• 隔手
• 隔斷／隔断
• 隔日 (gérì)
• 隔日熱／隔日热
• 隔板
• 隔海
• 隔涉
• 隔火
• 隔熱／隔热 (gérè)
• 隔牆有耳／隔墙有耳 (géqiángyǒu'ěr)
• 隔皮斷貨／隔皮断货
• 隔窗有耳
• 隔絕／隔绝 (géjué)
• 隔肢
• 隔膜 (gémó)
• 隔裡個裡／隔里个里
• 隔越
• 隔鄰／隔邻
• 隔門檻兒／隔门槛儿
• 隔開／隔开 (gékāi)
• 隔間／隔间 (géjiān)
• 隔閡／隔阂 (géhé)
• 隔離／隔离 (gélí)
• 隔離病房／隔离病房
• 隔靴抓癢／隔靴抓痒
• 隔靴搔癢／隔靴搔痒 (géxuēsāoyǎng)
• 隔音 (géyīn)
• 隔音室
• 隔音板
• 隔音牆／隔音墙
• 隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)
• 隔音紙／隔音纸
• 離隔／离隔
• 類隔／类隔
• 鼻中隔 (bízhōnggé)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (隔):

• → Vietnamese: cách (隔)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 隔 – see 擊 (“to strike; to beat”). (This character is an obsolete form of 擊).

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 隔

隔

(Jōyō kanji)

1. divide
2. separation
3. segregate
4. alternate
5. void between

Readings

• Go-on: きゃく (kyaku)
• Kan-on: かく (kaku, Jōyō)
• Kun: へだてる (hedateru, 隔てる, Jōyō)、へだたる (hedataru, 隔たる, Jōyō)、へだたり (hedatari)

Korean

Hanja

隔 (eumhun 막을 격 (mageul gyeok))

1. hanja form^? of 격 (“block, enclose”)
2. hanja form^? of 격 (“separate, partition”)

Vietnamese

Han character

隔: Hán Nôm readings: cách

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