Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 疑 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (礙)
Simplified (碍)
㝵 Phonetic component
dé ancient
(ancient form of U+5F97 得) to get, complacent, (same as U+7919 礙) to obstruct, to hinder, to stop progress, to injure, to offend, to concern, hindrance, restraint
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Historical Evolution
碍
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
碍
Regular
Modern
Chinese
碍 / 礙 [ài]
to hinder; to obstruct; to block
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (31)
障碍 [zhàng'ài] #2,960
barrier
妨碍 [fáng'ài] #4,018
to hinder
阻碍 [zǔ'ài] #5,753
to obstruct
碍事 [àishì] #11,372
(usu used in the negative) to be of importance or to matter
障碍物 [zhàng'àiwù] #13,507
obstacle
无碍 [wú'ài] #33,624
without inconvenience
碍眼 [àiyǎn] #31,831
to be an irksome presence (i.e. sth or sb one wishes were not there)
挂碍 [guà'ài] #50,916
worry
碍手碍脚 [àishǒu'àijiǎo] #52,720
to be in the way
违碍 [wéi'ài] #69,529
taboo
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JAPANESE WORDS (8)
KOREAN WORDS (3)