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.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 堵塞.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 堵住 | dǔ zhù | to block up |
| 围堵 (圍堵) | wéi dǔ | to blockade; to surround |
| 拥堵 (擁堵) | yōng dǔ | (of traffic) to become congested; congestion |
| 堵车 (堵車) | dǔ chē | traffic jam; (of traffic) to get congested |
| 封堵 | fēng dǔ | to block; to plug up |
| 活塞 | huó sāi | piston |
| 塞车 (塞車) | sāi chē | traffic jam |
| 要塞 | yào sài | stronghold; 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.