Hanja Analyzer
阻

阻 — jo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
막힐 조
Romanization
jo
English
impede, hinder, obstruct; oppose
Mandarin
zǔ
Japanese on'yomi
ソ, ショ
Japanese kun'yomi
はば.む
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,280 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Radical
阜 (170, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
且
Unicode
U+963B

Parts that make up 阻

  • ⻖ 언덕 부variant of 阜 층진 언덕언덕과 높낮이. 왼쪽에서 ⻖ 로 쓴다
  • 且 또 차, 공손할 저sound 돌 제단 또는 고기를 얹는 제기주로 소리를 나타낸다

How 阻 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 阻 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 阜, 且.

Korean example words with 阻

  • 조장阻障 Korean gloss: 가로막는 장애
  • 격조하다隔阻 Korean gloss: 멀리 떨어져 있어 서로 통하지 못하다
  • 심조深阻 Korean gloss: 깊고 험함.
  • 조면阻面 Korean gloss: 교제를 끊음.
  • 조각阻却 Korean gloss: 방해하거나 물리침.
  • 구조久阻 Korean gloss: 소식이 오랫동안 막힘.
  • 천조天阻 Korean gloss: 천연의 험준한 요충지.
  • 병조病阻 Korean gloss: 임신 초기에 나타나는 심한 입덧.
  • 오조惡阻 Korean gloss: 임신 초기에 나타나는 심한 입덧.
  • 조복阻卜 Korean gloss: ‘타타르 족’을 달리 이르는 말.
  • 소조疏阻 Korean gloss: 멀리 떨어져 있어 서로 통하지 못함.
  • 적조積阻 Korean gloss: 서로 연락이 끊겨 오랫동안 소식이 막힘.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 阻

  • 阻止そし obstruction; prevention; hindrance
  • 阻むはばむ to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent
  • 阻害そがい obstruction; impediment; hindrance
  • 険阻けんそ steep (terrain); precipitous; precipice
  • 悪阻つわり morning sickness; nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
  • 阻喪そそう loss of spirit; dejection
  • 阻隔そかく separation; estrangement
  • 阻却そきゃく rejection
  • 阻害音そがいおん obstruent
  • 阻害剤そがいざい inhibitor
  • 相悪阻あいづわり nausea triggered by seeing one's partner experiencing morning sickness; sympathetic pregnancy
  • 意気阻喪いきそそう depressed in spirits; rejection; disheartened

Characters sharing the phonetic 且

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “조”

Other hanja with radical 阜

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