ショウ, さわ.る
hinder, hurt, harm

This kanji has 14 strokes: 8 in the "left village" radical (ぎふのふ) and 6 other strokes.

Sample compounds (11) :


  1. さわる
    to hinder, to interfere with, to affect, to do one harm, to be harmful to

  2. ばんしょう
    all obstacles

  3. がしょう
    pictured paper doors

  4. ほしょう
    (vs) guarantee, security, assurance, pledge, warranty

  5. しょうへき
    enclosing wall, barrier

  6. しょうじ
    paper sliding door

  7. こしょう
    (vs) break-down, failure, accident, out of order
  8. エンジン
    エンジンこしょう
    engine failure

  9. さしさわり
    offence, hindrance

  10. さしさわる
    to hinder, to adversely affect

  11. みみざわり
    hurting one's ears
Kanji Character : 障
Kuten Encoding : 3067
SJIS Encoding : 3e63
Unicode Encoding : 969c
Old Nelson Index : 5019
Radical Number : 170
Frequency Ranking : 647
Gakken Index : 676
Grade Level : 6
Halpern Index : 715
Heisig Index : 1297
Henshall Index : 902
New Nelson Index : 6479
Stroke Count : 14
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 2d11.2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 11
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : d
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 858
SKIP Code : 1-3-11
De Roo Code : 3655
Four Corner Code : 7024.6
Korean reading : jang
Pinyin reading : zhang4
Morohashi Index String : 41821
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 11.0957
Morohashi Index Number : 41821
Morohashi Page : 957
Morohashi Volume : 11
Dictionary Codes
  1. R3655
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