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Japanese symbol for “remoteness”

Romaji: kakuzetsu
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion

In Japanese, remoteness is , read (kakuzetsu).

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.

Meanings

  1. n, vi, vs isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility

Kanji and stroke order

isolate, alternate, distance
on: カク
kun: へだ.てる、へだ.たる
13 strokes · JLPT 1
discontinue, sever, cut off
on: ゼツ
kun: た.える、た.やす、た.つ
12 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “remoteness”

WordReadingMeaning
ゆうえん yuuenfaraway; remoteness
とおさ toosadistance; remoteness

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
かんかく kankakuspace; interval
かくり kakuriisolation; segregation; separation
えんかく enkakudistant; remote; isolated
へだてる hedateruto separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to partition
へだて hedatepartition; division; barrier
へだたり hedataridistance; difference; gap
ぜったい zettaiabsolutely; definitely; unconditionally
ぜつぼう zetsuboudespair; hopelessness

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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