阻 — kanji meaning “thwart”
阻
thwart, separate from, prevent, obstruct, deter, impede
- Meanings
- thwart, separate from, prevent, obstruct, deter, impede
- On'yomi
- ソ (so)
- Kun'yomi
- はば.む
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1280 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 170
- Chinese reading
- zǔ — Chinese character page
Words with 阻
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阻止 | そし soshi | obstruction; prevention; hindrance |
| 阻む | はばむ habamu | to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent |
| 阻害 | そがい sogai | obstruction; impediment; hindrance |
| 悪阻 | つわり tsuwari | morning sickness; nausea and vomiting of pregnancy |
| 悪阻 | おそ oso | morning sickness; nausea and vomiting of pregnancy |
| 阻却 | そきゃく sokyaku | rejection |
| 意気阻喪 | いきそそう ikisosou | depressed in spirits; rejection; disheartened |
| 険阻 | けんそ kenso | steep (terrain); precipitous |
| 阻喪 | そそう sosou | loss of spirit; dejection |
| 阻隔 | そかく sokaku | separation; estrangement |
| 道を阻む | みちをはばむ michiohabamu | to obstruct one's way |
| 士気阻喪 | しきそそう shikisosou | demoralization; collapse of morale; one's morale being shaken |
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