梗阻 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

gěngzǔ

obstruct

gěng stem of flower

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 更 represents the sound.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù tree

更 Sound component

gèng, gēng more

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kængX	kˤraŋʔ	suffering
Zhengzhang		kraːŋʔ
Unicode	gæ̌ng

說文解字

山枌榆。有朿，莢可爲蕪夷者。从木更聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

zǔ obstruct

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

Components

阝 Meaning component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

且 Sound component

qiě moreover

Change in sound

阻 and 且 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
阻 tsrjoX
且 tsjo

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsrjoX	[ts]raʔ	filled with obstacles

說文解字

《說文》：“阻，險也。从，且聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

梗 gěng stem of flower

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阻 zǔ obstruct

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gěng stem of flower

zǔ obstruct