碍 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 「礙」の俗字。さまたげる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「礙」の俗字「㝵」に「石」を加えた形。「㝵」については㝵#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

obstacle

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ガイ
Kun (native)
  • さまた(げる)
Other languages
  • 拼音ai4
  • 한글ae
  • Hán-ViệtNgại

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
石(いし)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+788D

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰石㝵

Words using this kanji

  • 碍子がいし電線を支柱に取り付ける際に用いられる絶縁体。日本では陶磁器製のものが、北米では合成樹脂製のものが普及している。insulator

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(6 results)

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Lookup codes

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3198