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Chinese symbol for “hinder”

妨碍
fáng ài
Traditional: 妨礙
to hinder; to obstruct

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hinder is 妨碍 (fáng ài), defined as: to hinder; to obstruct.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

妨 fáng
damage, harm; to impede, to obstruct; to undermine
radical 38 ⼥ · 7 strokes
碍 ài
to block, to deter, to hinder, to obstruct
radical 112 ⽯ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “hinder”

WordPinyinMeaning
碍 (礙)àito hinder; to obstruct
阻zǔto hinder; to block
妨fángto hinder; (in the negative or interrogative) (no) harm
阻碍 (阻礙)zǔ àito obstruct; to hinder
挡 (擋)dǎngto resist; to obstruct

Related words

Other words that share a character with 妨碍.

WordPinyinMeaning
不妨bù fángthere is no harm in; might as well
无妨 (無妨)wú fángno harm (in doing it); One might as well.
妨害fáng hàito jeopardize; to be harmful to
何妨hé fángwhat harm is there in (doing sth)
但说无妨 (但說無妨)dàn shuō wú fángthere is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
障碍 (障礙)zhàng àibarrier; obstruction
阻碍 (阻礙)zǔ àito obstruct; to hinder
障碍物 (障礙物)zhàng ài wùobstacle; hindrance

See also: Japanese symbol for “hinder”.

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.

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