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Badge Pinnacle They´Re Hindered Jews 障 ショウ さわ.る

Kanji
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
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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