Meta:

  1. 阻 is the 1173rd most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (town), (moon), (one)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zu3 - to hinder/to block/to obstruct

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 阻 (zu3): The component 阝 is pronounced as 'fu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

阻挡 (阻擋)
阻止 
阻碍 (阻礙)

Medium Frequency

受阻 
阻力 
阻塞 
阻挠 (阻撓)
阻击 (阻擊)
阻拦 (阻攔)
阻隔 
险阻 (險阻)
风雨无阻 (風雨無阻)

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Meta:

  1. 挡 is the 1930th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 18 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (hand), (small), (pig snout)
Graphical :
=> , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. dang3 - to resist/to obstruct/to hinder/to keep off/to block (a blow)/to get in the way of/cover/gear
  2. dang4 - to arrange/to put in order

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 挡 (dang3): The component 当 is pronounced as 'dang1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 挡 (dang3): The component 当 is pronounced as 'dang4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 挡 (dang4): The component 当 is pronounced as 'dang1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  4. Pronunciation clue for 挡 (dang4): The component 当 is pronounced as 'dang4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

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Medium Frequency

抵挡 (抵擋)
挡住 (擋住)
遮挡 (遮擋)
阻挡 (阻擋)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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