阻
zǔ HSK4

obstruct

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

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component

阝 is a component form of 阜.

且
且 Sound component
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)