ài

blocked or separated

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
門 meaning component

  Meaning component

mén

  

door

亥 sound component

  Sound component

hài

  

12th terrestrial branch

Evolution

閡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
閡 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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ài

blocked or separated; to prevent

() 

obstruct

Most common words with 閡
Freq.
Word
Meaning

隔阂

misunderstanding

obstruct