遮
block; intercept; interrupt; obstruct
14 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1865.
Readings
- シャ (on reading): 遮断 (しゃだん) isolation; 遮蔽 (しゃへい) shielding
- さえぎる (kun reading): 遮る (さえぎる) to interrupt; 光線を遮る (こうせんをさえぎる) to intercept the light
Components
- 庶
- ⻌
- 一 radical one
- 广 radical house on a cliff
- ⻌ radical movement; road
- ⺣ radical fire, bottom form of 火
Words using 遮
- 遮断 (しゃだん) isolation
- 遮蔽 (しゃへい) shielding
- 感覚遮断 (かんかくしゃだん) sensory deprivation
- 遮光 (しゃこう) shading
- 遮断器 (しゃだんき) circuit breaker
- 遮る (さえぎる) to interrupt
- 光線を遮る (こうせんをさえぎる) to intercept the light
- 話を遮る (はなしをさえぎる) to interrupt (a person)
39 words in all.