ài

obstruct

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
石 meaning component

  Meaning component

shídàn

  

stone

疑 sound component

  Sound component

  

doubt

Evolution

礙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
礙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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ài

obstruct, hinder, block, deter; to hinder; to obstruct; to block

Most common words with 礙
Freq.
Word
Meaning

障碍

barrier

妨碍

to hinder

阻碍

to obstruct

to hinder

碍事

to be in the way