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Kanji Detail for 塞 - "block"

塞

  • Meaning

    塞 means "block." Also associated with fortress, border.

    1. Block - To obstruct; to close off.

    2. Fortress - A defensive stronghold.

    3. Border - A frontier; a boundary.

    4. Fill - To make full; to stuff.

  • Words using 塞

    • 閉塞 へいそく Listen blockage; blockade; blocking up
    • 塞ぐ ふさぐ Listen to stop up; to close up; to block (up)
    • 梗塞 こうそく Listen stoppage; blocking; infarction
    • 塞がる ふさがる Listen to be closed; to be blocked; to be healed (e.g. wound)

  • Four-character idioms with 塞

    • 堅塞固塁 けんさいこるい Listen impregnable fortress; heavily guarded fort
    • 抜本塞源 ばっぽんそくげん Listen eradication of (sources of) evil; laying the ax to the root of evil

  • Tattoo check: 塞

    • Verified meaning: block
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: fortress, border

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    close; shut; cover; block; obstruct

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    stop up, block, seal, cork; pass, frontier; fortress

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress

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

    To fill in. Blocked and not flowing. Such as 閉塞 (blocked). | To be full. (Mencius) "Then filling the space between heaven and earth." | A place with strategic terrain is called 塞. Also read in departing tone. | A place for border defense is called 要塞 (fortress). Land beyond the Great Wall is called 塞上.

  • Onyomi

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    sai(サイ) サイ

    soku(ソク) ソク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    fusa.gu(ふさ-ぐ) ふさ-ぐ

    mi.chiru(み-ちる) み-ちる

    toride(とりで) とりで

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    block fortress border close fill shield obstruct plug barricade barrier boundary clog dam seal shut stop stronghold frontier impede hinder

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