# 隔

| 隔 | U+9694, &#38548; 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 7122$_7$, 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
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 隔 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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 |
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

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): gé (ge$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ge$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kak
    (Hailu, HRS): gag
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gag$^5$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ga$^5$ / geh$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): keh / keeh / kiak / kek
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gêh$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$kaq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gé
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gé
*** Wade–Giles: ko$^2$
*** Yale: gé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
*** Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ge$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ge
*** Sinological IPA : /kɛ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaak$^3$
*** Yale: gaak
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaak$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gag$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːk̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kak
*** Hakka Romanization System: gag$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gag$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kak̚²/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gag
*** Sinological IPA: /kak⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gag$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kak̚¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ga$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gā
*** Sinological IPA : /ka²¹/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: geh$^6$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: geh
*** Sinological IPA : /kɛʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: geh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɛʔ²/
* 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/
* 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.
* Middle Chinese: keak
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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kæk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ge |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gak$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤrek/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreːɡ/
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/ |

#### Definitions

隔
* to separate; to partition
    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?
* to block; to obstruct
* (in compounds) next; following; subsequent
* (in compounds) alternating
* to block; to obstruct
    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.
* (Cantonese, Min) (in compounds) previous
* (Hakka) to pull something apart (with one's hand)
* (Hokkien) to be separated by; to be apart; to be away from (a place)
       In chhù kah goán chhù keh chiok hn̄g ê. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       His/her house are far apart from my house.
* (Hokkien) to separated by a certain amount of time; to leave a gap of (a time period)
* (Hokkien) to sever; to split; to separate
       Chiang che keng pâng keh chò lióng keng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       to split the room into two
* (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

* → 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).

### References

* “隔”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “隔”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 267.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* divide
* separation
* segregate
* alternate
* 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))
* hanja form of 격 (“block, enclose”)
* hanja form of 격 (“separate, partition”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

隔: Hán Nôm readings: cách
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