礙

See also: 碍

礙 U+7919, 礙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7919 ← 礘 [U+7918] CJK Unified Ideographs 礚 → [U+791A]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• 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

Chinese

trad.		礙
simp.		碍
alternative forms		㝵 碍 㕌 ⿰石以 nonstandard

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (疑) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
礙	*ŋɯːs
儗	*ŋɯːs, *hŋɯːs, *ŋɯʔ, *ŋɯs
懝	*ŋɯːs, *ŋɯɡ
譺	*ŋrɯːs, *ŋɯʔ, *ŋɯs
癡	*ŋ̊ʰl'ɯ
疑	*ŋɯ
嶷	*ŋɯ, *ŋɯɡ
觺	*ŋɯ
擬	*ŋɯʔ
薿	*ŋɯʔ, *ŋɯɡ
凝	*ŋrɯŋ, *ŋrɯŋs

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

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ài (ai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngoi

  (Hailu, HRS): ngoi^˖

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngoi⁴

  (Changting, Changting Pinyin): ngue⁵

• Eastern Min (BUC): ngâi
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ngai⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gāi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ghai⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶nge

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ài
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴
    • Yale: ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶
    • Yale: ngoih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngoi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋoi̯⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngoi^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋoi³³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngoi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋoɪ⁵³/
  • (Changting)
    • Changting Pinyin: ngue⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋue²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɑi²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ngai⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ngāi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋai¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ngai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋai²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gāi
    • Tâi-lô: gāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡai²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡai³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡai³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghai⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gāi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡai¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶nge
    • MiniDict: nge^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nge
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋe²³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngojH

Rime
Character	礙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	五漑切
Baxter	ngojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋəiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋəjH/
Li Rong	/ŋᴀiH/
Wang Li	/ŋɒiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɯːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	礙
Reading #	1/1
No.	14888
Phonetic component	疑
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ŋɯːs/

Definitions

礙

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

   • 獨往獨來，獨出獨入，孰能礙之？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     独往独来，独出独入，孰能碍之？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, 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？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     君子之行，独无碍乎？ [Traditional Chinese poetry, 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?

Compounds

• 不相妨礙 / 不相妨碍
• 不礙事 / 不碍事
• 了無罣礙 / 了无罣碍
• 凝血障礙 / 凝血障碍
• 大礙 / 大碍 (dà'ài)
• 妨礙 / 妨碍 (fáng'ài)
• 干礙
• 庢礙 / 庢碍
• 恚礙 / 恚碍
• 意識障礙 / 意识障碍
• 拘礙 / 拘碍
• 掛礙 / 挂碍 (guà'ài)
• 方何礙 / 方何碍
• 方礙 / 方碍
• 有礙觀瞻 / 有碍观瞻 (yǒu'àiguānzhān)
• 渾無罣礙 / 浑无罣碍
• 滯礙 / 滞碍 (zhì'ài)
• 無掛無礙 / 无挂无碍
• 無礙 / 无碍 (wú'ài)
• 發音障礙 / 发音障碍 (fāyīn zhàng'ài)
• 礙事 / 碍事 (àishì)
• 礙口 / 碍口 (àikǒu)
• 礙口飾羞 / 碍口饰羞
• 礙手 / 碍手
• 礙手礙腳 / 碍手碍脚 (àishǒu'àijiǎo)
• 礙眼 / 碍眼 (àiyǎn)
• 礙虐 / 碍虐 (gāi-gio̍h) (Min Nan)
• 礙難 / 碍难 (àinán)
• 礙難照辦 / 碍难照办
• 窒礙 / 窒碍 (zhì'ài)
• 窒礙難行 / 窒碍难行
• 罣礙 / 罣碍 (guà'ài)
• 聽力障礙 / 听力障碍
• 躓礙 / 踬碍
• 身心障礙 / 身心障碍 (shēnxīn zhàng'ài)
• 辯才無礙 / 辩才无碍 (biàncáiwú'ài)
• 違礙 / 违碍 (wéi'ài)
• 關礙 / 关碍 (guān'ài)
• 阻礙 / 阻碍 (zǔ'ài)
• 障礙 / 障碍 (zhàng'ài)
• 障礙物 / 障碍物 (zhàng'àiwù)
• 障礙賽跑 / 障碍赛跑

References

• “礙”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “碍”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 472.

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	碍
Print standard	礙

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 礙

礙

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 碍)

1. obstruction

Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

礙: Hán Nôm readings: ngại, ngái

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