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thwart

HSK 7
Nature →Elements →Water
jǔ
ソ、ショ
はば.む
저
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 且 moreover =
沮 thwart
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
且 Phonetic component
qiě moreover
moreover, also (post-subject)
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
沮
Regular
Modern
Chinese
沮 [jǔ]
to destroy; to stop
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
沮丧 [jǔ​sàng] #2,795
dispirited
沮丧 [jǔ​sàng] #2,795
dispirited
JAPANESE WORDS (5)
⭐ 阻止 [そし] #4,946
obstruction
⭐ 阻む [はばむ] #5,470
to keep someone from doing
阻喪 [そそう] #85,334
loss of spirit
意気阻喪 [いきそそう] #148,413
depressed in spirits
沮害 [そがい]
check
KOREAN WORDS (1)
저해
disruption; hindering; stunting