The word 隔[gé] has 12 strokes in total. The radical of 隔 [gé] is “mound” 阝[fù] which is a 2-stroke radical in Simplified Chinese and a 3-stroke one in Traditional Chinese. Stroke counts besides the radical are 10. 隔[gé] has a right-biased horizontal layout with the radical takes up one-third of the estate at the left. The radical of 隔[gé] has a shape like an ear. Because it always located at the left, it is customarily called “left-ear” radical to distinguish it from a similar “right-ear” radical located at the right. Left-ear radical阝[fù] of 隔[gé], right-ear radical阝[yì] of 那[nà], and kick skateboard radical 辶[chuò] of 通[tōng] all have original representations in the Radical Index of a dictionary. For the 2-stroke left-ear radical阝[fù] of 隔[gé], there is an 8-stroke 阜[fù]. For the 2-stroke right-ear radical ⻏[yì] of 那[nà], there is a 7-stroke 邑[yì]. Fo...
