Chinese Character Wiki
阻

zǔ

obstruct

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound.

Components
阝 meaning component

阝  Meaning component

fù

  

hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

且 sound component

且  Sound component

qiě

  

moreover

Evolution

阻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
阻 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
阻 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
阻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

阻  

zǔ

impede, hinder, obstruct; oppose; to hinder; to block; to obstruct

Most common words with 阻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

阻止

to prevent

阻碍

to obstruct

阻力

drag

阻挡

to stop

阻

to hinder

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ts]raʔ

tsrjoX

zǔ

filled with obstacles


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 43.0242% of movies

948th most common character in movies

1175th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+963B

Shuowen

“阻，險也。从，且聲。”


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