礙

礙 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+14, 19 strokes, cangjie input 一口心大人 (MRPKO), four-corner 1768₁, composition ⿰石疑)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 837, character 46
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24542
• Dae Jaweon: page 1255, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2461, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7919

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋɯːs) : semantic 石 + phonetic 疑 (OC *ŋɯ).

Uncertain, possibly Sino-Tibetan; compare Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔgak, Tibetan འགག ('gag, “obstruction, stoppage”), བཀག (bkag, “blockage, barricade, barrier”), དགག (dgag, “block, inhibit, obstruct”) & འགེགས་པ ('gegs pa, “hinder, thwart, obstruct”) (Bodman, 1980), as Tibeto-Burman voice stops sometimes correspond to Chinese nasal initials (Schuessler, 2007).

礙

1. to obstruct; to hinder; to block; to deter

   • 獨往獨來，獨出獨入，孰能礙之？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     独往独来，独出独入，孰能碍之？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liezi, 1^st – 5^th century CE

     Dú wǎng dú lái, dú chū dú rù, shú néng ài zhī? [Pinyin]

     They come and go on their own, they exit and enter on their own. Who can block their way?

2. obstruction; hindrance

   • 君子之行，獨無礙乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     君子之行，独无碍乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Yang Xiong, Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings), 9 CE, translated based on Jeffrey S. Bullock's version

     Jūnzǐ zhī xíng, dú wú'ài hū? [Pinyin]

     How can the superior person's path alone be without obstruction? How can he be direct?

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 碍)

1. obstruction

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

礙 • (ae) (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune–Reischauer ae, Yale ay)

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礙: Hán Nôm readings: ngại, ngái

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