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遮 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「⻌」

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準2High school level ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「⻌」
On
シャしゃ · sha
Kun
さえぎ.るsaegi.ru
Meaning
intercept; block; obstruct

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

To go plus a crowd of things: to cover the way ahead — to block or intercept.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシャしゃsha遮断しゃだん
Kunさえぎるsaegiru遮るさえぎる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 遮断しゃだん

    cutting off; blocking

  • 遮光しゃこう

    blocking out light

More words with this kanji

  • 遮蔽しゃへい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

高(たか)い塀(へい)が日光(にっこう)を遮(さえぎ)っている。

A high wall is blocking the sunlight.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

遮光遮断遮光light断to cut…迅swift迭altern…逓relay逝pass…逐pursue叉fork写copy車car沙sand社shrine
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Compound

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