塞 — kanji meaning “close”
塞
close, shut, cover, block, obstruct
- Meanings
- close, shut, cover, block, obstruct
- On'yomi
- ソク (soku)、サイ (sai)
- Kun'yomi
- ふさ.ぐ、とりで、み.ちる
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 8
- Classical radical
- 32
- Chinese reading
- sāi, sài, sè — Chinese character page
Words with 塞
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 閉塞 | へいそく heisoku | blockage; blockade; blocking up |
| 要塞 | ようさい yousai | fort; stronghold; fortification |
| 心筋梗塞 | しんきんこうそく shinkinkousoku | heart attack; myocardial infarction |
| 梗塞 | こうそく kousoku | stoppage; blocking |
| 塞ぐ | ふさぐ fusagu | to stop up; to close up; to block (up) |
| 城塞 | じょうさい jousai | fortress; stronghold; citadel |
| 塞がる | ふさがる fusagaru | to be closed; to be blocked; to be healed (e.g. wound) |
| 塞栓 | そくせん sokusen | embolus; abnormal substance (i.e. air) circulating in the blood |
| 腸閉塞 | ちょうへいそく chouheisoku | intestinal obstruction; ileus |
| 塞がり | ふさがり fusagari | being closed; being blocked up; being occupied |
| 防塞 | ぼうさい bousai | fort; defensive position |
| 塞翁が馬 | さいおうがうま saiougauma | the future is unpredictable; inscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate |
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