障 — kanji meaning “hinder”
障
hinder, hurt, harm
- Meanings
- hinder, hurt, harm
- On'yomi
- ショウ (shou)
- Kun'yomi
- さわ.る
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #742 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 170
- Chinese reading
- zhàng — Chinese character page
Words with 障
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 障害 | しょうがい shougai | obstacle; impediment; hindrance |
| 故障 | こしょう koshou | fault; trouble; breakdown |
| 支障 | ししょう shishou | obstacle; hindrance; impediment |
| 障壁 | しょうへき shouheki | enclosing wall; boundary fence |
| 障子 | しょうじ shouji | shoji (paper sliding door) |
| 耳障り | みみざわり mimizawari | hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping |
| 身障者 | しんしょうしゃ shinshousha | (physically) disabled person; person with a physical disability |
| 白内障 | はくないしょう hakunaishou | cataract |
| 目障り | めざわり mezawari | eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye |
| 緑内障 | りょくないしょう ryokunaishou | glaucoma |
| 障る | さわる sawaru | to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with |
| 安全保障 | あんぜんほしょう anzenhoshou | (guarantee of) security |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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