阻

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阻 U+963B, 阻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-963B
← 阺
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 阼 →

Translingual

Han character

阻 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓中月一 (NLBM), four-corner 77210, composition ⿰阝且)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1347, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41593
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1849, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4121, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+963B

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 阻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 阻
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (且) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
虘 *zaːl, *zaː
蔖 *zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ
摣 *rnaː, *ʔsraː
袓 *ʔsjaː, *zaʔ
怚 *ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ
罝 *ʔsjaː
謯 *ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ
姐 *ʔsjaːʔ
抯 *ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː
飷 *ʔsjaːʔ
且 *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa
趄 *sʰjaːs, *sʰa
笡 *sʰjaːs
查 *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː
柤 *ʔsraː
樝 *ʔsraː
皻 *ʔsraː
渣 *ʔsraː
楂 *zraː
苴 *zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa
駔 *ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ
租 *ʔsaː
蒩 *ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa
祖 *ʔsaːʔ
組 *ʔsaːʔ
珇 *ʔsaːʔ
靻 *ʔsaːʔ
粗 *sʰaː, *zaːʔ
徂 *zaː
殂 *zaː
麆 *zaːʔ, *zras
伹 *zaːʔ, *sʰa
蛆 *ʔsa, *sʰa
沮 *ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra
咀 *ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ
疽 *sʰa
雎 *sʰa
狙 *sʰa, *sʰas
岨 *sʰa
砠 *sʰa
坥 *sʰa, *sʰas
刞 *sʰas
覰 *sʰas
覷 *sʰas
跙 *zaʔ
筯 *das
菹 *ʔsra
葅 *ʔsra
阻 *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
俎 *ʔsraʔ
詛 *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
鉏 *zra, *zraʔ
豠 *zra
鋤 *zra
耡 *zra, *zras
齟 *zraʔ
助 *zras

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras) : semantic 阝 + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 阻 阻
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 莊 (18) 莊 (18)
Final (韻) 魚 (22) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 側吕切 莊助切
Baxter tsrjoX tsrjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ʃɨʌX/ /t͡ʃɨʌH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈ͡ʂiɔX/ /ʈ͡ʂiɔH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ʃiɔX/ /t͡ʃiɔH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈ͡ʂɨə̆X/ /ʈ͡ʂɨə̆H/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ʃiɔX/ /t͡ʃiɔH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ʃĭoX/ /t͡ʃĭoH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʈ͡ʂi̯woX/ /ʈ͡ʂi̯woH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhǔ zhù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zo2 zo3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 阻
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zǔ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsrjoX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*raʔ/
English filled with obstacles

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 阻 阻
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 10446 10450
Phonetic
component 		且 且
Rime
group 		魚 魚
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		詛
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsraʔ/ /*ʔsras/

Definitions

阻

  1. (transitive or ditransitive) to impede, to hinder, to block, to obstruct
    唔好阻住我。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    m4 hou2 zo2 zyu6 ngo5.
    Don't get in my way.
  2. obstacle; barrier
    險阻／险阻  ―  xiǎnzǔ  ―  geographic obstacle

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

阻

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. to block, thwart
  2. steep

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

阻 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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Vietnamese

Han character

阻: Hán Nôm readings: trở

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