Kanji

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: stop, prevent, defeated, dejected

Kunyomi: はば.む

Onyomi: ショ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: water

Examples

Onyomi Examples

阻止 ソシ obstruction, check, hindrance, prevention, impediment, interdiction, preemption, blocking

ソガイ check, obstruction, hindrance, impediment

Kunyomi Examples

阻む はばむ to keep someone from doing, to stop, to prevent, to check, to hinder, to obstruct, to oppose, to thwart