阻截
zǔ​jié

intercept

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)

截 jié cut off

Components

𢦏
𢦏 SoundMeaning component
zāi to cut
隹
隹 Meaning component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzet[dz]ˤet cut, trim

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica