妨 – disturb, prevent, hamper

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The kanji 妨 means disturb, prevent, hamper, obstruct. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボウ (bou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さまた.げる (samatageru). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 女 (no. 38).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ボウ	bou
Kun’yomi	さまた.げる	samatageru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 女 (Kangxi radical 38). Components: 女・方.

Words using 妨

妨げるさまたげるto disturb妨害ぼうがいobstruction

Example sentences

騒音が彼の睡眠を妨げた。

The noise disturbed his sleep.

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彼は私たちの会話を妨害した。

He broke in on our conversation.

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Kanji with the same radical

女委始好姿婦妻婚妥威妙娘嫌妊妹姉

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