礙

礙 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+14, 19 strokes, cangjie input 一口心大人 (MRPKO), four-corner 1768₁, composition ⿰石疑)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 837, character 46
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24542
• Dae Jaweon: page 1255, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2461, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7919

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋɯːs) : semantic 石 + phonetic 疑 (OC *ŋɯ).

Uncertain, possibly Sino-Tibetan; compare Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔgak, Tibetan འགག ('gag, “obstruction, stoppage”), བཀག (bkag, “blockage, barricade, barrier”), དགག (dgag, “block, inhibit, obstruct”) & འགེགས་པ ('gegs pa, “hinder, thwart, obstruct”) (Bodman, 1980), as Tibeto-Burman voice stops sometimes correspond to Chinese nasal initials (Schuessler, 2007).

礙

1. to obstruct; to hinder; to block; to deter

   • 獨往獨來，獨出獨入，孰能礙之？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     独往独来，独出独入，孰能碍之？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liezi, 1^st – 5^th century CE

     Dú wǎng dú lái, dú chū dú rù, shú néng ài zhī?

     They come and go on their own, they exit and enter on their own. Who can block their way?

2. obstruction; hindrance

   • 君子之行，獨無礙乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     君子之行，独无碍乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Yang Xiong, Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings), 9 CE, translated based on Jeffrey S. Bullock's version

     Jūnzǐ zhī xíng, dú wú'ài hū?

     How can the superior person's path alone be without obstruction? How can he be direct?

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 碍)

1. obstruction

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: がい (gai)
• Kun: さまたげる (samatageru)

礙 • (ae) (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune–Reischauer ae, Yale ay)

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礙: Hán Nôm readings: ngại, ngái

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