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Chinese symbol for “plug”

塞
sāi
to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork

The closest CC-CEDICT match for plug is 塞 (sāi), defined as: to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork.

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

Other Chinese words for “plug”

WordPinyinMeaning
插头 (插頭)chā tóuplug
栓shuānbottle stopper; plug
堵死dǔ sǐto block (a road); to plug (a hole)
板烟 (板煙)bǎn yānplug (of tobacco)
塞子sāi zicork; plug

Related words

Other words that share a character with 塞.

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

See also: Japanese symbol for “plug”.

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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