# 阻 hamper

(town) + (Abe Lincoln's Hat) Same-ON
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8 strokes

## Onyomi

SO |

## Mnemonic

| The plan to run through the whole town wearing nothing but Abe Lincoln's Hat was hampered by 'the fuzz.'

## Kunyomi

はば＊む | to stop the advance of something by physically obstructing it: The defensive lineman stopped the other team's football guy. The army checked the advance of the other army. Our vacation was stopped by the hurricane. NP 1/2 KANA ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

阻害(そがい) | an obstruction ★☆☆☆☆ NP 阻 (hamper) + 害 (damage) = 阻害 (an obstruction)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
組 | one's team | STRING | 糸
祖 | ancestor | NECROPHILIA | ネ
相 | partner | TREE | 木
粗 | rough texture / bad quality | RICE | 米
阻 | hamper | TOWN |

Team spirit is the STRING that binds us into a unit.

We do NECROPHILIA with our ancestors.

The TREE is our partner in the oxygen/co2 cycle.

My RICE is bad quality so everyone in TOWN hampered me from selling it!

## Synonyms

hinder, obstruct, put a stop to. 阻む 阻止する 障る 防ぐ 妨げる
obstacle 阻害 妨害 支障 足手まとい