Stroke count: 8
Meaning: stop, prevent, defeated, dejected
Kunyomi: はば.む
Onyomi: ソ ショ
Composition: 氵 且
Radical: 水
Meaning: water
阻止 (ソシ) obstruction, check, hindrance, prevention, impediment, interdiction, preemption, blocking
沮害 (ソガイ) check, obstruction, hindrance, impediment
阻む (はばむ) to keep someone from doing, to stop, to prevent, to check, to hinder, to obstruct, to oppose, to thwart