Kanji | 障 |
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Onyomi | ショウ |
Kunyomi | さわ.る |
English | hinder, hurt, harm |
Examples | 保障(ほしょう): guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty 障害(しょうがい): (1) obstacle; impediment; hindrance; difficulty; barrier (2) handicap; impairment; disability; disorder; malfunction 故障(こしょう): break-down; failure; fault; accident; out of order 障子(しょうじ): shoji (paper sliding door) 気障(きざ): affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious 障る(さわる): to hinder; to interfere with; to affect; to do one harm; to be harmful to |
JLPT Level | 1 |
Jouyou Grade | 6 |
Frequency | 742 |
Components | 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 章: badge; chapter; composition; poem; design |
Number of Strokes | 14 |
Kanji Radical | 阜 |
Radical Number | 170 |
Radical Strokes | 8 |
Radical Reading | こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ |
Traditional Form | (none) |
Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
Keyword | hinder |
Koohii Story 1 | The officer at the gate to The Pinnacle with a giant badge sewn to his chest hinders all visitors. But not the handicapped. They´re hindered enough already. They´re given a badge and can pass right into The Pinnacle. |
Koohii Story 2 | The pinnacle of racism was that of the Nazis. They made the Jews wear a badge on their clothes to identify them. They hindered their every movement. Moreover the peace-loving Dutch all wore the badges so that the Jews would be unidentifiable. Effectively hindering the Nazi plot. |
RTK Index | 1297 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grade6, kanjifreq501-750
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