阻 — thwart, separate from, prevent

はばむ阻 thwart

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 8 strokes

U+963B Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1280 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1919 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

thwart
separate from
prevent
obstruct
deter
impede

word

はば haba Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

阻(はば) む habamu to obstruct

そ so On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

阻(そ) 止(し) soshi obstruction 阻(そ) 害(がい) sogai obstruction

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

阝 mound

かつ且 moreover

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#170 阜 mound