Chinese Character 阻 Meanings and components.

Form

阻

阻 meaning^[3] in English

To Hinder.

To Block.

To Obstruct.

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 阻 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (阝) , and and (且)

Its radical^[1] is: 阜 (fu4) which means: Abundant, Mound, .阜fu4abundant

In cangjie it is written with NLBM

To write阻zu3to hinder you should write a combination of 阝fu4 , 且qie3and arranged in a 吅 shape:

阝 + 且 = 阻

The order of the strokes to write 阻 should be followed in this specific way.

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 阻, looks as follow:

Meaning^[3]: To Hinder . To Block . To Obstruct

Meaning^[3]: And . Moreover . Yet . For The Time Being . To Be About To . Both (... And...)