Kanji1 / 14
障 kanji
hinder, hurt, harm
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
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On readings
ショウ
Kun readings
さわる
Words with 障
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3故障Popularfault; trouble; breakdown; failure; being out of order; damage (to a part of the body); injury; hurt; problem; hitch; obstacle; hindrance; objection; protest
- N3障害Popularobstacle; impediment; hindrance; barrier; difficulty; disorder; defect; disability; handicap; impairment; dysfunction; steeplechase; obstacle race; steeplechase (athletics)
- N2障子Popularshoji (paper sliding door)
- N1保障Popularguarantee; security; assurance; pledge
- —支障Popularobstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
- —障壁Popularenclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
- —白内障Popularcataract
- —身障者Popular(physically) disabled person; person with a physical disability
- —障害者Populardisabled person; person with a (physical or mental) disability
- —安全保障Popular(guarantee of) security
- —社会保障Popularsocial security
- —精神障害Popularmental disorder; mental disability; mental illness
- —身体障害者Popular(physically) disabled person; person with a physical disability
- —画障pictured paper doors
- —万障all hindrances; all obstacles
- —罪障sins (which prevent entry into bliss)
- —魔障obstacle to Buddhist practice
- —内障internal hindrance; any visual disorder caused by a problem within the eye (i.e. glaucoma, amaurosis, etc.)
- —障屏partitions in a Japanese house (e.g. screens, sliding doors, etc.)
- —囲障fence (esp. between buildings)