碍

See also: 礙

碍 U+788D, 碍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-788D ← 碌 [U+788C] CJK Unified Ideographs 碎 → [U+788E]

Translingual

Han character

碍 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一口日一戈 (MRAMI), four-corner 1664₁, composition ⿰石㝵)

Derived characters

• 𠿴, 𢣀, 𦡡, 𫣣

Related characters

• 礙 (Orthodox form in Traditional Chinese)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 832, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24283
• Dae Jaweon: page 1248, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2437, character 5
• Unihan data for U+788D

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 碍 – see 礙 (“to obstruct; to hinder; to block; to deter; obstruction; hindrance”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 礙).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02872-002#37

Japanese

Kanji

碍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: がい (gai)
• Kun: さまたげる (samatageru, 碍げる)

Compounds

• 無碍(むげ) (muge)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
碍
がい Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Alternative spelling
礙

From Middle Chinese 礙 (MC ngojH).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠i]

Affix

碍(がい) • (gai) 

1. to hinder; to obstruct

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 碍 is mostly replaced by 害, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

Japanese terms with 碍 replaced by daiyōji 害

障害

阻害

妨害

Derived terms

(replaced by 害 in modern orthography):

• 障(しょう)碍(がい) (shōgai)
• 阻(そ)碍(がい) (sogai)
• 妨碍(ぼうがい) (bōgai)

 

(not replaced by 害 in modern orthography):

• 碍管(がいかん) (gaikan)
• 碍(がい)子(し) (gaishi)

 

Korean

Hanja

碍 (eumhun 막을 애 (mageul ae))

1. Alternative form of 礙 (“Hanja form^? of 애 (“to obstruct; to block; to hinder; to deter”).”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• 礙 (ngại)
• 㝵 (ngài)

Han character

碍: Hán Việt readings: ngại (牛(ngưu)代(đại)切(thiết)), ngài
碍: Nôm readings: ngại, ngáy, ngái

1. chữ Hán form of ngại (“to obstruct; to block; to hinder; to deter”).
2. Nôm form of ngại (“worried; hesitant; fearful”).