U+963B "阻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
阻
U+963B "阻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character meaning "to obstruct," "to block," or "to hinder," and it also carries connotations of separation or resistance. Composed of the radical 阝 (representing a mound or hill) on the left and the phonetic component 且 on the right, the character is commonly used in words like 阻碍 (zǔ'ài, meaning "obstacle") and 阻止 (zǔzhǐ, meaning "to prevent"). In its historical context, the mound radical evokes the idea of a physical barrier, such as a hill or embankment, that impedes movement or progress.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+963B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 阻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 阻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x98 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x963B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000963B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u963b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AAFD |
| kCCCII | 215E74 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4F60 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4F60 |
| kCangjie | NLBM |
| kCantonese | zo2 |
| kCihaiT | 1415.406 |
| kCowles | 296 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1849.120 |
| kDefinition | impede, hinder, obstruct; oppose |
| kEACC | 215E74 |
| kFanqie | 側吕 莊助 |
| kFenn | 623C |
| kFennIndex | 557.08 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7721.0 |
| kGB0 | 5572 |
| kGB1 | 5572 |
| kGradeLevel | 3 |
| kGSR | 0046y |
| kHangul | 조:0N |
| kHanYu | 64121.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | zǔ(157) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 64121.010:zǔ,zhù |
| kHKGlyph | 4368 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1849.120 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64121.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1347.200 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5768 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AAFD |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-414B |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E9BD |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7066 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4F60 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6B21 |
| kJapanese | ソ ショ はばむ けわしい へだてる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:915 |
| kJapaneseKun | HABAMU KEWASHII HEDATERU |
| kJapaneseOn | SO SHO |
| kJis0 | 3343 |
| kKangXi | 1347.200 |
| kKorean | CO |
| kLau | 1538 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7091 |
| kMandarin | zǔ |
| kMatthews | 6819 |
| kMeyerWempe | 322 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ027558 |
| kMorohashi | 41593 |
| kNelson | 4984 |
| kPhonetic | 97 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2765+170.3.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 170.5 |
| kSBGY | 258.38 363.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 749.18 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zǔ粵zo2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7091 |
| kTang | *jriǔ |
| kTGHZ2013 | 495.010:zǔ |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | trở |
| kXerox | 250:172 |
| kXHC1983 | 1545.040:zǔ |