阂 (hé): obstruct
阂 (hé) is a Chinese character meaning “obstruct.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 门 (semantic) and 亥 (phonetic). It ranks #2980 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 阂 gate. Its radical form 门 (gate) appears in many related characters such as 门 (mén, door, gate), 间 (jiān, room, between), 闪 (shǎn, to flash, to dodge).
Definitions
- obstruct
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
阂 appears in 1 compound words: 0 as the first character, 100 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 阂 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
两国之间存在隔阂,需要加强沟通。
Liǎng guó zhī jiān cúnzài géhé, xūyào jiāqiáng gōutōng.
There is estrangement between the two countries; communication needs to be strengthened.
一问一答间,陌生的隔阂彻底消散。
yī wèn yī dā jiān , mò shēng de gé hé chè de xiāo sàn .
Through their back-and-forth conversation, the sense of unfamiliarity and distance completely vanished.
瓷器背后的工艺、审美,远比文字更容易跨越地域隔阂。
cí qì bèi hòu de gōng yì , shěn měi , yuǎn bǐ wén zì gēng róng yì kuà yuè dì yù gé hé .
The craftsmanship and aesthetic appeal of porcelain transcend geographical barriers far more easily than words do.
两代人明明彼此在意,却总因琐事隔阂、表达障碍难以共情。
liǎng dài rén míng míng bǐ cǐ zài yì , què zǒng yīn suǒ shì gé hé , biǎo dá zhàng ài nán yǐ gòng qíng .
Although the two generations clearly care about each other, they are often driven apart by trivial matters and find it difficult to empathize with one another due to communication barriers.
青春戏曲,就是以主题、内容到审美的全方位青春表达,来打破青年群体与传统戏曲的隔阂。
qīng chūn xì qū , jiù shì yǐ zhǔ tí , nèi róng dào shěn měi de quán fāng wèi qīng chūn biǎo dá , lái dǎ pò qīng nián qún tǐ yǔ chuán tǒng xì qū de gé hé .
"Youth-oriented opera" refers to a comprehensive expression of youth—from themes and content to aesthetic sensibilities—that breaks down the barriers between young people and traditional opera.
Character Family
门 Radical Family — Characters sharing the gate radical
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