碍 — Chinese character
碍
ài
to block, to deter, to hinder, to obstruct
- Pinyin
- ài
- Radical
- 112 ⽯ (Stone)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 石 㝵
- Formation
- pictophonetic — stone; meaning component 石; sound component 㝵
- Traditional
- 礙
- Japanese
- 碍 as a kanji
Common words with 碍
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 障碍 (障礙) | zhàng ài | barrier; obstruction |
| 阻碍 (阻礙) | zǔ ài | to obstruct; to hinder |
| 妨碍 (妨礙) | fáng ài | to hinder; to obstruct |
| 障碍物 (障礙物) | zhàng ài wù | obstacle; hindrance |
| 无碍 (無礙) | wú ài | without inconvenience; unimpeded |
| 碍事 (礙事) | ài shì | to be in the way; to be a hindrance; (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter |
| 大碍 (大礙) | dà ài | (usually used in the negative) major issue; serious problem |
| 无障碍 (無障礙) | wú zhàng ài | barrier-free; (esp.) accessible (to people with a disability) |
| 语言障碍 (語言障礙) | yǔ yán zhàng ài | language barrier; speech impediment |
| 碍于 (礙於) | ài yú | to be constrained by; due to (a constraining factor) |
| 碍手碍脚 (礙手礙腳) | ài shǒu ài jiǎo | (idiom) to be in the way; to be a hindrance |
| 碍眼 (礙眼) | ài yǎn | to be an irksome presence (i.e. sth or sb one wishes were not there) |
English words written with 碍
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.