妨 (fáng) — to hinder, obstruct, get in the way of

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字

妨 character · TOCFL C1 (est.)

妨＝女＋方

ㄈㄤˊ · fáng

verb — to hinder, obstruct, get in the way of

字源 FORM — what the parts do

女義a woman, here the worn meaning-side

方聲fāng — gives the sounda square, set off to one side

Tfāng → fáng — the square-sound dropped to second tone

方 fāng carries the sound, dropping to fáng; the meaning-side is 女. The word is to get in the way, to block someone's doing — harm by obstruction: 妨礙、妨害. In 不妨 it relaxes to "no harm in it, go ahead."

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

路中間橫著一塊方（方）的東西，後面的人過不去。

Something square (方) sits across the path, and the one behind cannot get through.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)妨礙、妨害— to hinder, obstruct常用

→不妨— no harm in — go ahead常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension