Chinese symbol for “stopper”
塞
sāi
to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stopper is 塞 (sāi), defined as: to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “stopper”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 塞.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 堵塞 | dǔ sè | to clog up; blockage |
| 活塞 | huó sāi | piston |
| 塞车 (塞車) | sāi chē | traffic jam |
| 要塞 | yào sài | stronghold; fort |
| 阻塞 | zǔ sè | to block; to clog |
| 塞满 (塞滿) | sāi mǎn | to stuff full; to cram in |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stopper”.
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.