The kanji 障: meaning, readings and stroke order

障

Meaning: hinder, harm
On reading: ショウ shou
Kun reading: さわ（る） sawaru
Strokes: 14
Radical: 阜 mound, dam
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: trở ngại, có hại (chướng)
Japanese: じゃまになる。さしさわる。
Korean: 방해하다, 해롭다 (장)
Chinese: 障碍、妨碍

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading

故こ障しょう
breakdown, not working
電話が 故こ障しょうしました。
The phone stopped working.

さわ（る） sawaru · kun reading · less common

障さわる
to be bad for, to harm
ねぶそくは体に 障さわります。
Not getting enough sleep is bad for your body.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.