阻 – thwart, separate from, prevent

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1280 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 阻 means thwart, separate from, prevent, obstruct, deter, impede. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソ (so); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はば.む (habamu). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 阜 (no. 170).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソ	so
Kun’yomi	はば.む	habamu

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: 阜 (Kangxi radical 170). Components: 一・目・阡.

Words using 阻

阻止そしobstruction阻むはばむto keep someone from doing

Example sentences

クーデター計画はぎりぎりのところで阻止されました。

The coup attempt was foiled at the last moment.

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彼らは大きな川に前進を阻まれた。

Their progress was stopped by a wide river.

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Kanji with the same radical

院際防限階除降隊険陸障陣陽隣隠陥

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