Chinese symbol for “hamper”

梗阻

gěng zǔ

to obstruct; to hamper; (medicine) obstruction

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hamper is 梗阻 (gěng zǔ), defined as: to obstruct; to hamper; (medicine) obstruction.

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Characters and stroke order

梗 gěng

stem, branch; to hinder, to block

radical 75 ⽊ · 11 strokes

阻 zǔ

to hinder, to impede; to obstruct, to oppose

radical 170 ⾩ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 梗阻.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
梗概	gěng gài	broad outline; gist; summary
桔梗	jié gěng	Chinese bellflower; balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
心肌梗塞	xīn jī gěng sè	(Tw) myocardial infarction; heart attack
心肌梗死	xīn jī gěng sǐ	myocardial infarction; heart attack
梗塞	gěng sè	to clog; to block; to obstruct
阻止	zǔ zhǐ	to prevent; to block
阻碍 (阻礙)	zǔ ài	to obstruct; to hinder
阻挡 (阻擋)	zǔ dǎng	to stop; to resist

See also: Japanese symbol for “hamper”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.