障

zhàng

to block · to hinder

Radical: 阝 Strokes: 13

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

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Same radical

阳阿阴隐陈陵都院部附险降邪郁随

Stroke Order · 13 strokes (click to expand)

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Character Decomposition

障=阝+章

Etymology

wall

Meanings

to block

to hinder

to obstruct

zhàng

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Words with 障 177 total

malfunction · breakdown · defect · shortcoming · fault · failure · impediment · error · bug (in software)故障gù zhàng roadblock · barricade路障lù zhàng

Idioms with 障 7 total

lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) · fig. not seeing the wider picture · can't see the wood for the trees一叶障目yī yè zhàng mù have one's view of the important overshadowed by the trivial · a leaf before the eye shuts out Mount Taishan一叶障目，不见泰山yī yè zhàng mù，bù jiàn tài shān