Kanji Detail for 沮 - "block, leak, discouraged, wetland"

沮

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
沮 means "block, leak, discouraged, wetland."
1. Block - To prevent; to obstruct.
2. Leak - To let out; to divulge.
3. Discouraged - For vigor to weaken.
4. Wetland - A marshy area.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

stop; prevent; defeated; dejected

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

stop, prevent; defeated, dejected

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to destroy; to stop

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to stop, to prevent; dejected, defeated

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

沮洳 (Tsu-ju). A low-lying wet area. | To obstruct. Mencius says: "A favorite named Zang Cang obstructed the ruler" (嬖人有臧倉者沮君). | To ruin. As in "talent and spirit being dissipated" (英華消沮), meaning a person's abilities have faded away. | Name of a river. 漆沮, 灉沮. Both appear in the "Tribute of Yu."
Onyomi

sho(しょ)

so(そ)
Kunyomi

haba.mu(はばむ)
Strokes

9 strokes
Radical

水氵氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)
Related Keywords
block prevent obstruct leak let divulge discouraged vigor weaken wetland marshy area