Chinese symbol for “blocking”
闭塞
bì sè
Traditional: 閉塞
to stop up; to close up; hard to get to; out of the way
The closest CC-CEDICT match for blocking is 闭塞 (bì sè), defined as: to stop up; to close up; hard to get to; out of the way; inaccessible; unenlightened.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 闭塞.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 关闭 (關閉) | guān bì | to close; to shut (a window etc); (of a shop, school etc) to shut down |
| 封闭 (封閉) | fēng bì | to close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue) |
| 倒闭 (倒閉) | dǎo bì | to go bankrupt; to close down |
| 闭幕 (閉幕) | bì mù | the curtain falls; lower the curtain |
| 闭嘴 (閉嘴) | bì zuǐ | Shut up!; same as 閉上嘴巴|闭上嘴巴 |
| 闭门 (閉門) | bì mén | to close a door |
| 堵塞 | dǔ sè | to clog up; blockage |
| 活塞 | huó sāi | piston |
See also: Japanese symbol for “blocking”.
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.