entries → 礙
TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
礙 character · TOCFL B1 (est.)
礙 ＝ 石 ＋ 疑
ㄞˋ · ài
verb — to obstruct, hinder, get in the way

字源 FORM — what the parts do

石義stone — the boulder blocking the path
疑聲yí — gives the sounda person halted, doubting which way to turn
IFTyí → ài — the sound shifted far
Stone (石) and 疑 yí — a boulder across the road brings you to a stop. The original sense is to halt, to block; from there everything that gets in the way: 妨礙, 障礙, 阻礙. 疑, itself a figure halted in doubt, gives the sound, worn far from yí to ài.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

路中央一塊大石（石），走到這兒就停（疑）住了。
A boulder (石) in the middle of the road; you reach it and halt (疑).
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)阻礙、礙事— to obstruct, hinder常用
→妨礙、障礙— to get in the way; an obstacle常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
疑yíthe bare phonetic, a halted doubting figure — 礙 sets a stone 石 beside it碍àithe simplified variant — same stone, the right half cut down