塞

close

Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingソク、サイ

Kun readingふさ.ぐ、とりで、み.ちる

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Verbs with «塞»

Meanings

close
八方塞がりだ。We're sunk.tatoeba
それは侵略から街を守るために造られた要塞だ。It's a fort built to defend the town from invasion.tatoeba
shut
cover
block
道路は倒れた木で塞がっていた。The road is blocked by fallen trees.tatoeba
obstruct
block upRtK

to stop up
to close up
to block (up)
to plug up
to shut up

Radicals and components

Radical土earth

Components

How it's built

塞

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

Baba Yaga’s hut · house · celery · animal legs (儿) · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1646

Compound words

梗塞こうそく

stoppage; blocking; infarction; infarct

閉塞へいそく

blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction

塞ぐふさぐ

to stop up; to close up; to block (up); to plug up; to shut up

塞がるふさがる

to be closed; to be blocked; to be healed (e.g. wound); to be shut up; to be clogged

硬塞こうそく

塞栓そくせん

充塞じゅうそく

窒塞ちっそく

逼塞ひっそく

being trapped (and having no way out)

偃塞えんそく

damming (e.g. a pond)

塞爾維セルビア

腸閉塞ちょうへいそく

intestinal obstruction

脳梗塞のうこうそく

cerebral infarction

脳硬塞のうこうそく

cerebral infarction

心筋梗塞しんきんこうそく

ラクナ梗塞ラクナこうそく

lacunar infarction

八方塞がりはっぽうふさがり

being boxed in on all sides

急性心筋梗塞きゅうせいしんきんこうそく

acute myocardial infarction

人間万事塞翁が馬にんげんばんじさいおうがうま

inscrutable are the ways of heaven

Additional Examples

今手が塞がっているんです。

I'm tied up now.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 塞

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step