塞 — Chinese character
塞
sāi
to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress
- Pinyin
- sāi
- Radical
- 32 ⼟ (Earth)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 宀 土
- Formation
- pictophonetic — earth; meaning component 土
- Japanese
- 塞 as a kanji
Common words with 塞
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 堵塞 | dǔ sè | to clog up; blockage |
| 活塞 | huó sāi | piston |
| 塞车 (塞車) | sāi chē | traffic jam |
| 要塞 | yào sài | stronghold; fort |
| 阻塞 | zǔ sè | to block; to clog |
| 塞满 (塞滿) | sāi mǎn | to stuff full; to cram in |
| 闭塞 (閉塞) | bì sè | to stop up; to close up |
| 栓塞 | shuān sè | (medicine) embolism |
| 耳塞 | ěr sāi | earplug; earphone |
| 拥塞 (擁塞) | yōng sè | to be clogged up; to be congested (traffic, computer network etc) |
| 交通堵塞 | jiāo tōng dǔ sè | road congestion; traffic jam |
| 心肌梗塞 | xīn jī gěng sè | (Tw) myocardial infarction; heart attack |
English words written with 塞
塞 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Analects 2 · Art of War 1 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 5 · Zhuangzi 8 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 52
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 56
- Analects 3.22
- Art of War 11.50
- Hexagram 50
- Mencius 2A.2
- Mencius 3B.9
- Mencius 7B.21
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