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Chinese symbol for “blockage”

堵塞
dǔ sè
to clog up; blockage

The closest CC-CEDICT match for blockage is 堵塞 (dǔ sè), defined as: to clog up; blockage.

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

堵 dǔ
wall; to stop, to prevent, to block
radical 32 ⼟ · 11 strokes
塞 sè
to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress
radical 32 ⼟ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 堵塞.

WordPinyinMeaning
堵住dǔ zhùto block up
围堵 (圍堵)wéi dǔto blockade; to surround
拥堵 (擁堵)yōng dǔ(of traffic) to become congested; congestion
堵车 (堵車)dǔ chētraffic jam; (of traffic) to get congested
封堵fēng dǔto block; to plug up
活塞huó sāipiston
塞车 (塞車)sāi chētraffic jam
要塞yào sàistronghold; fort

See also: Japanese symbol for “blockage”.

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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