漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
障: hinder, hurt
Also: harm
JLPT N114 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
⻖ carries the meaning · 章 gives the sound
14 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 障子しょうじpaper sliding door
- 障壁しょうへきenclosing wall, barrier
- 障害しょうがいobstacle, impediment, damage
- 障害者しょうがいしゃhandicapped person
- 支障ししょうobstacle, hindrance, impediment
- 保障するほしょうするguarantee, secure
- 故障するこしょうするbreak down, be out of order
さわるsawaru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 障るさわるhinder, interfere, offend [v.i.]
- 差し障りさしさわりoffense, hindrance
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)阜, as 阝 (meaning) + 章 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 障 (rev. 92453831), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Hill (阝) + chapter/bright (章). Imagine a high "hill" or a steep mound that acts as a "bright" or clear "barrier" that hinders one's path forward.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side障 hinder · ⻖
vs彰 patent · 彡In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhàng
Same form: 障 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 障 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 障 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhàng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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