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塞

close
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingソク、サイ
Kun readingふさ.ぐ、とりで、み.ちる
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. 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
  2. shut
  3. cover
  4. block
    道路は倒れた木で塞がっていた。The road is blocked by fallen trees.tatoeba
  5. obstruct
  6. block upRtK
  1. to stop up
  2. to close up
  3. to block (up)
  4. to plug up
  5. to shut up

Radicals and components

Radical土earth
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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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
stoppage
塞栓そくせん
embolus
充塞じゅうそく
plug
窒塞ちっそく
blocked
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
Serbia
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
heart attack
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