Kanji
N1 8 strokes Grade 8 freq #1280

thwart, separate from, prevent, obstruct, deter

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

mound oka

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

obstruction; prevention
obstruction; impediment
nausea triggered by seeing one's partner experiencing morning sickness; sympathetic pregnancy
morning sickness; nausea and vomiting of pregnancy
road block
standing firmly against
hyperemesis gravidarum; HG
inhibitor
reductase inhibitor
obstruent

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to keep someone from doing; to stop
macrophage migration inhibitory factor; MMIF
monoamine oxidase inhibitor; MAO inhibitor
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; SSRI
protease inhibitor
to obstruct one's way
to hinder the growth of (e.g. plants, someone); to hamper the growth of

Example sentences

The minority party made a last-ditch effort to block passage of the bills.

The police tried to stop the street demonstration.

Our advance was checked.

The thing blocking my path was a stone wall of less than 1 meter's height.