Memory phrase for the Kanji: 挡

挡

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Meaning

keep off, to resist, obstruct hinder, to block

Pronunciation

 dǎng, dàng

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: 当 (=small 小 hand /彐)

Mnemonic

 With a hand, a small hand is kept off.

Radicals

扌 hand
小 smallA person with tight arms
hand
彐 handoriginally a snoot (of pig), but here used as a hand.
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Vocabulary

 阻挡  zǔ dǎng  to stop; to resist; to obstruct
 抵挡  dǐ dǎng  to resist; to hold back; to stop; to ward off; to withstand
 遮挡  zhē dǎng  to shelter from; to keep out
 遮挡  zhē dǎng  

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