Chinese symbol for “obstruction”
芥蒂
jiè dì
an obstruction; barrier; ill-feeling; grudge
The closest CC-CEDICT match for obstruction is 芥蒂 (jiè dì), defined as: an obstruction; barrier; ill-feeling; grudge.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “obstruction”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 障碍 (障礙) | zhàng ài | barrier; obstruction |
| 阻碍 (阻礙) | zǔ ài | to obstruct; to hinder |
| 梗阻 | gěng zǔ | to obstruct; to hamper; (medicine) obstruction |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 芥蒂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 芥末 | jiè mo | mustard; wasabi |
| 芥菜 | jiè cài | leaf mustard (Brassica juncea); also pr. [gai4cai4] |
| 荆芥 (荊芥) | jīng jiè | schizonepeta, herb used in Chinese medicine |
| 芥子气 (芥子氣) | jiè zǐ qì | mustard gas |
| 芥兰 (芥蘭) | gài lán | variant of 芥蓝 (gài lán) |
| 根深蒂固 | gēn shēn dì gù | deep-rooted (problem etc) |
| 阴蒂 (陰蒂) | yīn dì | clitoris |
| 烟蒂 (煙蒂) | yān dì | variant of 烟蒂 (yān dì) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “obstruction”.
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.