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Chinese symbol for “airlock”

气塞
qì sāi
Traditional: 氣塞
airlock; air block; fipple (in the mouthpiece of wind instrument)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for airlock is 气塞 (qì sāi), defined as: airlock; air block; fipple (in the mouthpiece of wind instrument).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

气 qì
air, gas; steam, vapor; anger
radical 84 ⽓ · 4 strokes
塞 sāi
to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress
radical 32 ⼟ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “airlock”

WordPinyinMeaning
气闸 (氣閘)qì zhápneumatic brake; airlock

Related words

Other words that share a character with 气塞.

WordPinyinMeaning
天气 (天氣)tiān qìweather
空气 (空氣)kōng qìair; atmosphere
气候 (氣候)qì hòu(meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs)
生气 (生氣)shēng qìto get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness
勇气 (勇氣)yǒng qìcourage
气氛 (氣氛)qì fēnatmosphere; mood
堵塞dǔ sèto clog up; blockage
活塞huó sāipiston

See also: Japanese symbol for “airlock”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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