In Korean Hanja: often replaced by 碍 or 碍 in computer fonts due to encoding limitations; 礙 itself is not in KS X 1001 but appears in KS X 1002.

Phono-semantic compound:
石 (석, stone) – semantic component, indicating obstruction or hardness
疑 (의, doubt, hesitation) – phonetic component

障礙 (장애) — obstacle, hindrance
礙事 (애사) — to cause trouble, to be an impediment
妨礙 (방애) — to interfere, to hinder
礙口 (애구) — to be reluctant to speak, to be embarrassed to say

Characters

Words

Vocabulary

short

sand, grit, fine gravel

to grind, polish, sharpen, to study diligently

to be hard, solid, firm

the board game of Go

to hinder, obstruct, be an obstacle

firm, solid, certain, sure, clear

large flat rock, huge boulder, bedrock

to hinder, to obstruct, to be an obstacle, to be blocked, to be impeded

to gather, community, society

to pray, to implore, to entreat

to hide, to conceal, secret

grandfather, ancestor

to pray, to wish, to invoke blessings, to congratulate

spirit, deity, divine being

to make offerings to, to sacrifice to, to worship, feast

to forbid, to prohibit, to ban

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礙

Etymology

Usage in Korean

Words that derived from 礙

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