ài
obstruct
Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 疑 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 礙
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
barrier | ||
to hinder | ||
to obstruct | ||
to hinder | ||
to be in the way |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 21.8325% of movies
1507th most common character in movies
1437th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 19 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+7919 |
Shuowen | “礙，止也。从石，疑聲。” |
Sources
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