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Chinese symbol for “blockade”

封锁
fēng suǒ
Traditional: 封鎖
to blockade; to seal off; to lock down

The closest CC-CEDICT match for blockade is 封锁 (fēng suǒ), defined as: to blockade; to seal off; to lock down.

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

封 fēng
envelope, letter; to confer, to grant; feudal
radical 41 ⼨ · 9 strokes
锁 suǒ
lock, padlock; chains, shackles
radical 167 ⾦ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “blockade”

WordPinyinMeaning
围堵 (圍堵)wéi dǔto blockade; to surround

Related words

Other words that share a character with 封锁.

WordPinyinMeaning
封闭 (封閉)fēng bìto close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue)
封建fēng jiànsystem of enfeoffment; feudalism
封面fēng miàncover (of a publication)
信封xìn fēngenvelope
封号 (封號)fēng hào(archaic) title granted to a person; to ban an (online) account
锁定 (鎖定)suǒ dìngto lock (a door); to close with a latch
连锁 (連鎖)lián suǒto interlock; to be linked
连锁店 (連鎖店)lián suǒ diànchain store

See also: Japanese symbol for “blockade”.

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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