拦阻
lán​zǔ

block

拦 lán obstruct Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 兰 represents the sound. Simplified form of 攔.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

兰
兰 Sound component
lán orchid

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

阻 zǔ obstruct

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

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

且
且 Sound component
qiě moreover
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsrjoX[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)

攔 lán obstruct Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 闌 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

闌
闌 Sound component
door screen

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·raːn
Unicodelɑn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang