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妨 = 女 + 方

妨 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “disturb”. It is built from 女 (woman) and 方 (direction). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 530.

Keyword
disturb
RTK frame
530
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ボウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
さまた.げる
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
беспокоить
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
妨 interfere with

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 女 woman
  2. 方 direction

How to find 妨 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “woman” + “direction”. 妨 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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