隔

隔	U+9694, 隔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9694

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

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

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

	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 (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

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/

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	gak¹

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
- 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?
to block; to obstruct
(in compounds) next; following; subsequent
(in compounds) alternating
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.
(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)
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.
(Hokkien) to separated by a certain amount of time; to leave a gap of (a time period)
(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
(Mainland China Hokkien) partition inside a container

Compounds

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

隔

(Jōyō kanji)

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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