阻 hamper

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

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. NP1/2 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