# 隔 segregate

(town) + 口 (mouth/small box radical) + ??? (???)
★★☆☆☆
13 strokes

## Onyomi

KAKU |

## Mnemonic

| That town is a bunch of segregationist COCKS.

## Kunyomi

へだ＊てる | to partition, to separate: separate the class into "gifted" and "not gifted" students. Partition the room using folding screens. Divide the property between people. 5mずつ隔てて： every five feet (there's a pillar or fencepost). ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

隔離(かくり) する | quarantine / put in internment camps ★☆☆☆☆ 隔 (segregate) + 離 (divorce / physical distance between things) = 隔離 (quarantine / put in internment camps) to quarantine people - or 隔離背策：(かくりせさく)　an official policy to keep people in concentration camps, like USA did to Japanese-Americans during the war, or like Israel is doing in Palestine.
隔週(かくしゅう) xxx | every other xxx ★☆☆☆☆ PRE 隔 (segregate) + 週 (week) = 隔週 (every other xxx) PREFIX:every other (week, month, year, etc.)
間隔(かんかく) | small gap ☆☆☆☆☆ 間 (a period of time) + 隔 (segregate) = 間隔 (small gap) a small physical distance or gap - a literal space between two things: between two close-together buildings, say, or between the train and the platform.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
隔 | segregate | TOWN |
融 | fusion | INSECT | 虫

The racist government segregates all the foreigners to a different TOWN.

I fuse all the INSECTS in my delicious 'bug-shake.'

## Synonyms

differ 異なる 差 食い違い 相違 間隔 区別 距離
partition, separate へだてる 分離 隔離 検疫