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Chinese symbol for “diaphragm”

隔膜
gé mó
diaphragm (anatomy); distant (socially aloof); divided by lack of mutual comprehension; nonexpert

The closest CC-CEDICT match for diaphragm is 隔膜 (gé mó), defined as: diaphragm (anatomy); distant (socially aloof); divided by lack of mutual comprehension; nonexpert.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

隔 gé
to separate, to partition, to divide
radical 170 ⾩ · 12 strokes
膜 mó
membrane, film; to kneel and worship
radical 130 ⾁ · 14 strokes

Other Chinese words for “diaphragm”

WordPinyinMeaning
膈gé(anatomy) diaphragm
膈膜gé módiaphragm (anatomy)
横膈膜 (橫膈膜)héng gé mó(anatomy) diaphragm
光圈guāng quānaperture; diaphragm
横膈 (橫膈)héng gédiaphragm

Related words

Other words that share a character with 隔膜.

WordPinyinMeaning
隔离 (隔離)gé líto separate; to isolate
隔壁gé bìnext door; neighbor
间隔 (間隔)jiàn gégap; interval
时隔 (時隔)shí géseparated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)
隔绝 (隔絕)gé juéto cut off; to isolate; isolated (from the world)
分隔fēn géto divide; to separate
面膜miàn mófacial mask; cleanser
薄膜bó mómembrane; film

See also: Japanese symbol for “diaphragm”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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