EntryCommonJLPT N1WaniKani 46
  1. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

    to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct; to oppose; to thwart

    彼らは大きな川に前進を阻まれた。
    Their progress was stopped by a wide river.

Also written 沮む【はばむ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

thwart, separate from, prevent, obstruct, deter, impede

Kun
はば.む
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1280 of 2500
Radical
mound
WaniKani
Level 46

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Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-5, 1-2-5SKIP code
2d5.1The Kanji Dictionary
7721.0Four corner code
3673deroo
963bUnicode hex code
1-33-43JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4984Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6434New Nelson (John Haig)
348New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
411Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
258Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
308Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1780Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1919Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1377A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1767Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41593Morohashi
1505A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1085Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1135Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1866Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1221Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1519Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
726Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1796Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zu3Pinyin reading
joKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
46WaniKani level