Chinese symbol for “misunderstanding”
隔阂
gé hé
Traditional: 隔閡
misunderstanding; estrangement; (language etc) barrier
The closest CC-CEDICT match for misunderstanding is 隔阂 (gé hé), defined as: misunderstanding; estrangement; (language etc) barrier.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “misunderstanding”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 误解 (誤解) | wù jiě | to misunderstand; misunderstanding |
| 误会 (誤會) | wù huì | to misunderstand; to mistake |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 隔阂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隔离 (隔離) | gé lí | to separate; to isolate |
| 隔壁 | gé bì | next door; neighbor |
| 间隔 (間隔) | jiàn gé | gap; interval |
| 时隔 (時隔) | shí gé | separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time) |
| 隔绝 (隔絕) | gé jué | to cut off; to isolate; isolated (from the world) |
| 分隔 | fēn gé | to divide; to separate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “misunderstanding”.
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.