Character: 阻
Modern (Beijing) reading: zǔ
Preclassic Old Chinese: ćraʔ
Classic Old Chinese: crá
Western Han Chinese: c̣á
Eastern Han Chinese: c̣á
Early Postclassic Chinese: c̣ó
Middle Postclassic Chinese: c̣ó
Late Postclassic Chinese: c̣ó
Middle Chinese: c̣ö́
English meaning : be in straits, in difficulties; be difficult; straits, defiles
Russian meaning[s]: 1) отгораживать; препятствовать, мешать, задерживать; 2) обрывистый; опасный; 3) пересеченная местность; преграды, препоны, трудности
Comments: ? Cf. Burm. a-ćha 'smth. spoiled; smth. faulty'.
Radical: 170
Four-angle index: 601
Karlgren code: 0046 y
Shijing occurrences: 33.1_, 35.5
