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Chinese symbol for “cork”

塞子
sāi zi
cork; plug

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cork is 塞子 (sāi zi), defined as: cork; plug.

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

塞 sāi
to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress
radical 32 ⼟ · 13 strokes
子 zi
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Other Chinese words for “cork”

WordPinyinMeaning
软木 (軟木)ruǎn mùcork
软木塞 (軟木塞)ruǎn mù sāia cork
栓皮shuān pícork
塞sāito plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork

Related words

Other words that share a character with 塞子.

WordPinyinMeaning
堵塞dǔ sèto clog up; blockage
活塞huó sāipiston
塞车 (塞車)sāi chētraffic jam
要塞yào sàistronghold; fort
阻塞zǔ sèto block; to clog
塞满 (塞滿)sāi mǎnto stuff full; to cram in
孩子hái zichild
儿子 (兒子)ér zison

See also: Japanese symbol for “cork”.

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.