障

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to block; to hinder; to obstruct

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

阝 meaning “wall” + 章 sound ( zhāng )

Components 阝章

barrier · Heisig RSH #2342

pinnacle + 章 chapter

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一叶障目	yī yè zhàng mù	lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom); fig. not seeing the wider picture; can't see …
障眼法	zhàng yǎn fǎ	diversionary tactic; smokescreen
社会保障	shè huì bǎo zhàng	social security
质量保障	zhì liàng bǎo zhàng	quality assurance (QA)
性同一性障碍	xìng tóng yī xìng zhàng ài	gender identity disorder
白内障	bái nèi zhàng	cataract (ophthalmology)
单点故障	dān diǎn gù zhàng	single point of failure
智障人士	zhì zhàng rén shì	person with learning difficulties (handicap); retarded person
脑血管屏障	nǎo xuè guǎn píng zhàng	blood brain barrier
分裂情感性障碍	fēn liè qíng gǎn xìng zhàng ài	schizoaffective disorder
边缘性人格障碍	biān yuán xìng rén gé zhàng ài	borderline personality disorder (BPD)
技术故障	jì shù gù zhàng	technical breakdown; malfunction
障眼	zhàng yǎn	to hinder the eyesight; (fig.) to trick into not noticing
性别认同障碍	xìng bié rèn tóng zhàng ài	gender identity disorder (GID); gender dysphoria
路障	lù zhàng	roadblock; barricade
文化障碍	wén huà zhàng ài	cultural barrier
业障	yè zhàng	karmic hindrance (Buddhism); karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment; (…
创伤后应激障碍	chuāng shāng hòu yìng jī zhàng ài	post-traumatic stress disorder; PTSD
身心障碍	shēn xīn zhàng ài	disability
保障	bǎo zhàng	to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard

Characters sharing the sound component 章 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
章 sound part	zhāng	chapter, section, writing; seal
商	shāng	commerce, business, trade
彰	zhāng	clear, manifest, obvious
漳	zhāng	a river in Henan province
樟	zhāng	camphor tree
瘴	zhàng	malaria; miasma, pestilential vapor
獐	zhāng	roebuck, hornless river deer
嶂	zhàng	cliff; the barrier formed by a mountain range
璋	zhāng	jade plaything; jade ornament
蟑	zhāng	cockroach
嫜	zhāng	husband's mother; the lady in the moon
鄣	zhāng	an ancient city in Jiangsu province