to hinder / to block / to obstruct

= + : Hostile aliens are seizing the space station! Inside (Ø3), the pope (阝) and Zapatista Zebra (zu) have constructed a barricade out of a few shelves (且). They will block (阻) the way of any alien which wants to seize the navigation bridge!

阻 character breakdown

and / moreover / yet / for the time being / to be about to / both (... and...)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: to me the character 且 looks like a shelf.

The Queen of Hearts (qi) bought a new shelf (且) for all her flutes (一) and set it up in the elevator's living room (e3). Because she is a queen (qi) and needs an extravagant shelf, she installed several Eye of Providences (目) to give the flutes extravagant lighting.
Character component without intrinsic meaning

When on the left hand side of any character, it's the pope, but when it's on the right hand side of any character, it's the emperor.

Characters with 阻 as component

阻 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 阻

to be obstructed / to be hindered
to advise against / to dissuade
to hamper / to obstruct
to block / to obstruct
to use all sorts of excuses
magnetic reluctance
(literary) long and arduous (road)
to block / to prevent by force

Sentences with 阻