# 隔 — Isolate

Frequency rank 1367 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 滞 (Stagnate), less common than 仁 (Humanity).

- On’yomi: かく
- Kun’yomi: へだ
- Radical: 阜 Mound (Kangxi 170)
- Frequency path: Level XI of XX

A hill on the left, with a mouth and lid on the right — a hill with a mouth-shaped cave sealed by a lid, deliberately isolated from the world.

In words:

- 隔てる へだてる — to be shut out
- 隔たる へだたる — to be distant
- 隔週 かくしゅう — every other week

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