カク, へだ.てる, へだ.たる

isolate, alternate, distance, separate, gulf

JLPT1 G7 S13 F1382

As per 鬲# (partition) + 阜 piled earth → an earthen *barrier/partition* → *interpose*; *separate* → *interval*; *be distant/apart from*; *lie beyond* → *distinction*; *discrimination*; *reserved attitude*; *estranged*.

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