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阂

hé

HSK 6 Character Traditional 閡

What 阂 means

1. obstruct

Example sentences

• 欢笑是人之本能，有了欢笑， 就没了文化隔阂。
  Huānxiào shì rén zhī běnnéng, yǒule huānxiào, jiù méile wénhuà géhé.
  Laughter is a human instinct, and when it comes to instinct, cultural barriers don't exist.

Words containing 阂

• 隔阂gé hémisunderstanding; estrangement; (language etc) barrier

Characters built on 亥

These share the phonetic component 亥 (hài), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 核hépit; stone; nucleus
• 刻kèquarter (hour); moment; to carve
• 咳kécough
• 劾héto impeach
• 颏kēchin

Characters that look like 阂

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 固gùhard; strong; solid
• 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise
• 闺guīsmall arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women
• 闽Mǐnshort name for Fujian 福建; also pr. Mín
• 阄jiūlots (to be drawn); lot (in a game of chance)
• 洵xúntruly; whirlpool

Sounds the same

Read hé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 和(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn); (math) sum; to make peace
• 河river; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 合to close; to join; to fit
• 何what; how; why
• 盒small box; case
• 核pit; stone; nucleus
• 荷lotus
• 禾(bound form) grain plant; cereal crop
• 阖door; to close; whole
• 曷why; how; when
• 劾to impeach
• 涸to dry; to dry up