Chinese Character Wiki
障

zhàng

block, barricade, hinder

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

Components
阝 meaning component

阝  Meaning component

fù

  

hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

章 sound component

章  Sound component

zhāng

  

chapter, seal

Evolution

障 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
障 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

障  

zhàng

separate; shield; barricade; to block; to hinder; to obstruct

Most common words with 障
Freq.
Word
Meaning

保障

to ensure

障碍

barrier

故障

malfunction

路障

roadblock

障

to block

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 19.1735% of movies

1477th most common character in movies

1237th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+969C

Shuowen

“障，隔也。从，章聲。”


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