Hanja Analyzer
礙

礙 — ae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
거리낄 애
Romanization
ae
English
obstruct, hinder, block, deter
Mandarin
ài
Japanese on'yomi
ガイ, ギ
Japanese kun'yomi
さまた.げる
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
19
Variant forms
碍
Radical
石 (112, 14 residual)
Unicode
U+7919

Parts that make up 礙

  • 石 돌 석 벼랑 아래 굴러떨어진 돌돌과 돌로 만든 것
  • 疑 의심할 의, 정할 응 갈림길에서 두리번거리는 사람의심. ‘의·응’ 계열의 소리

How 礙 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 礙 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 石, 疑.

Japanese words with 礙

  • 障礙しょうげ obstacle; impediment; hindrance
  • 縦横無礙じゅうおうむげ being as free as the air; active without any restraint

Other hanja read “애”

Other hanja with radical 石

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