障 — hinder, hurt, harm

さわる障 hinder

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 14 strokes

U+969C Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #742 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1393 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

hinder
hurt
harm

word

さわ sawa 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).

障(さわ) る sawaru to hinder

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

障(しょう) 害(がい) shougai obstacle 保(ほ) 障(しょう) hoshou guarantee 故(こ) 障(しょう) koshou breakdown 支(し) 障(しょう) shishou obstacle 障(しょう) 壁(へき) shouheki barrier

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

阝 mound

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