Kanji
N1 14 strokes Grade 8 freq #1865

intercept, interrupt, obstruct

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

walk shinnyō

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

(railway) crossing gate; barrier (at a toll booth, parking lot, etc.)
circuit breaker
isolation; cut off
piece placed to block opponent's check; interposed piece
antagonist; blocker
noise barrier; soundproof wall
occluder
blackout curtain; light-blocking curtain
earth leakage circuit breaker; ground fault circuit interrupter
Mahavairocana Sutra; Mahavairocana Tantra

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.)
to interrupt (a person)

Example sentences

The air was blocked off, extinguishing the fire.

The new building cut the view from my window.

I was trying to tell him what had really happened, but he cut me short.

The chairperson cut me short.