separate

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
阝 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

hill, place

鬲 sound component

  Sound component

  

type of cauldron with three hollow legs

Evolution

隔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
隔 Seal script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Seal script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
隔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

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

隔壁

next door

隔离

to separate

间隔

gap

相隔

separated by (distance or time etc)