障 Kanji – hinder
The Japanese kanji 障 can mean hinder, hurt, harm.
Meaning and Readings
How is 障 read?
障 has the onyomi reading ショウ and the kunyomi reading さわる.
In romaji, these readings can be written as shou, sawaru.
Common Japanese Words Using 障
These common Japanese words contain 障. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 安全保障（あんぜんほしょう） — (guarantee of) security
- 気障（きざ） — affected, smug, pompous, conceited, snobby, pretentious
- 故障（こしょう） — fault, trouble, breakdown, failure, being out of order
- 支障（ししょう） — obstacle, hindrance, impediment, difficulty
- 耳障り（みみざわり） — hard (on the ears), offensive (to the ear), rasping, rough, harsh, grating, jarring, cacophonous
- 障る（さわる） — to be harmful to, to hinder, to interfere with, to irritate
- 障害（しょうがい） — obstacle, impediment, hindrance, barrier, difficulty
- 障子（しょうじ） — shoji (paper sliding door)
- 障壁（しょうへき） — enclosing wall, boundary fence
- 身体障害者（しんたいしょうがいしゃ） — (physically) disabled person, person with a physical disability