妨 disturb, prevent, hamper, obstruct 7 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #1482 in newspapers Readings Onボウ Kunさまた.げる In Chinese 妨 Words written with it 妨害 ぼうがい obstruction N1 妨げる さまたげる to disturb N2 妨げ さまたげ obstruction