segregate

(town) + (mouth/small box radical) + ??? (???)
★★☆☆☆
13 strokes

Onyomi

KAKU

Mnemonic

That town is a bunch of segregationist COCKS.

Kunyomi

へだ*てる to partition, to separate: separate the class into "gifted" and "not gifted" students. Partition the room using folding screens. Divide the property between people. 5mずつ隔てて: every five feet (there's a pillar or fencepost).
★★☆☆☆

Jukugo

隔離(かくり) する

quarantine / put in internment camps ★☆☆☆☆
(segregate) + (divorce / physical distance between things) = 隔離 (quarantine / put in internment camps)

to quarantine people - or 隔離背策:(かくりせいさく) an official policy to keep people in concentration camps, like USA did to Japanese-Americans during the war, or like Israel is doing in Palestine.

隔週(かくしゅう) xxx

every other xxx ★☆☆☆☆ PRE
(segregate) + (week) = 隔週 (every other xxx)

PREFIX:every other (week, month, year, etc.)

間隔(かんかく)

small gap ☆☆☆☆☆
(a period of time) + (segregate) = 間隔 (small gap)

a small physical distance or gap - a literal space between two things: between two close-together buildings, say, or between the train and the platform.

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
segregate TOWN
fusion INSECT

The racist government segregates all the foreigners to a different TOWN.

I fuse all the INSECTS in my delicious 'bug-shake.'

Synonyms

differ
異なる    差    食い違い    相違    間隔    区別    距離   
partition, separate
へだてる 分離    隔離    検疫