遮る
さえぎる · saegiru · JLPT N1 · verb-godan
to obstruct
🚧 遮 = shield + る verb: put a shield across the path, so to block or cut in
The kanji 遮 pairs the walking radical 辶 (movement) with 庶, which gives the sound. The meaning is stopping movement along a path, like blocking light or interrupting someone mid-sentence.
遮 — 辶 walk radical + 庶 phonetic
遮 is a semantic-phonetic compound: 辶 (walk/movement) gives the meaning of blocking or intercepting along a path, while 庶 supplies the sound (shù → zhē). Originally meaning to obstruct or bar the way, it broadened to today's senses of covering, hiding, or shielding.