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隔 — Isolate

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary school#1382 most used
isolate, alternate, distance, separate, gulf
On’yomiカク (kaku)
Kun’yomiへだてる (hedateru)
Kun’yomiへだたる (hedataru)

Stroke order (13 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

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Common words using 隔

WordReadingMeaning
隔離かくり
kakuri
isolation; segregation; separation
間隔かんかく
kankaku
space; interval; space character
隔たりへだたり
hedatari
distance; difference; gap
遠隔えんかく
enkaku
distant; remote; isolated
隔てへだて
hedate
partition; division; barrier
隔てるへだてる
hedateru
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to partition

Study notes

隔 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1382 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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