Kanji

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: constipation, costiveness in chest or intestines

Kunyomi: つかえ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: sickness

Examples

Kunyomi Examples

つかえ load on one's chest, obstacle, hindrance, impediment, difficulty

える つかえる to feel blocked (of one's chest or throat, due to grief, anxiety, illness, etc.), to feel pressure, to feel pain