阂 hé separated
separated; blocked
怎么记住“阂”: 门 door + 亥 pig = separated. The narrow garden door has a fat pig stuck in it, so the kids and the house are separated.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
阂 = 门 door + 亥 pig
- 门 door meaning
- 亥 pig sound
The narrow garden door has a fat pig stuck in it, so the kids and the house are separated.
How it came to be
The gate gives the meaning and the part inside the sound.
用法
- Bound to a single word: 隔阂 (géhé) an estrangement, a barrier of misunderstanding between people; 消除隔阂 (xiāochú géhé) to clear up the estrangement.
- 隔阂 is emotional/psychological distance, not a physical wall: the gulf that grows between friends or generations.
- You will essentially only ever see 阂 inside 隔阂.