gé
separate
Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 鬲 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
gé
separate, partition; to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of
Most common words with 隔
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to separate | ||
next door | ||
to separate | ||
gap | ||
separated by (distance or time etc) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[k]ˤrek | keak | gé | obstruct, separate (v.) |
Statistics
HSK level 4
Appears in 26.4777% of movies
1339th most common character in movies
1319th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+9694 |
Shuowen | “隔，障也。从，鬲聲。” |
Sources
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