障 (zhàng)
To block; barrier; obstacle
How 障 is written
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 阝 — town
- Traditional
- 障
- Simplified
- 障 (unchanged)
Components
- 阝 town
- 立 stand erect
- 日 sun/day
- 十 ten
Common words using 障
- 保障 bǎozhàng
- to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard
- 故障 gùzhàng
- malfunction; breakdown; defect
- 障礙 zhàngài
- barrier; obstruction; hindrance
- 屏障 píngzhàng
- protective screen
- 智障 zhìzhàng
- learning difficulties (handicap); retarded
- 一葉障目 yīyèzhàngmù
- lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom); fig. not seing the wider picture; can't see the wood for the trees
- 孽障 nièzhàng
- evil creature
- 業障 yèzhàng
- retribution (for sins of a previous incarnation); evil creature (preventing a Buddhist monk from progressing to enlightenment); vile spawn
- 殘障 cánzhàng
- handicapped
- 白內障 báinèizhàng
- cataract
- 視障 shìzhàng
- visual impairment
- 路障 lùzhàng
- a road-block; a barricade
障 in a sentence
語言不通是溝通的一大障礙。
Yǔyán bùtōng shì gōutōng de yí dà zhàng'ài.
“Language barriers are a major obstacle to communication.”
How common is 障?
障 is the 1,235th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 92.3% of all running text.
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