Japanese Kanji
阻so
thwart · separate from · prevent
Secondary school · JLPT N1 · 8 strokes
Thwart, separate from, prevent, obstruct, deter, impede.
阻 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 8 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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