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塞

塞 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. とりで。
  2. ふさぐ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「土」+音符「𡫳」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

close, shut, cover, block, obstruct

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソクJHS
  • サイJHS
Kun (native)
  • ふさ(ぐ)JHS
  • とりで
  • み(ちる)
  • ふさがるJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音sai1
  • 拼音sai4
  • 拼音se4
  • 한글sae
  • 한글saeg
  • Hán-ViệtTắc
  • Hán-ViệtTái

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
土(つち)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+585E

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𡨄土

Words using this kanji

  • 塞ぐふさぐ「ふさぐ」の漢字表記。to stop up, to close up, to block (up), to plug up
  • 塞爾維セルビアSerbia
  • 塞がるふさがる「ふさがる」を参照。to be closed, to be blocked, to be healed (e.g. wound), to be shut up
  • 塞栓そくせん血栓や脂肪、血管壁から剥がれた物、外部からの異物などが細部の血管を閉塞すること。embolus, abnormal substance (i.e. air) circulating in the blood
  • 塞くせくto dam up (a stream), to dam
  • 塞源そくげんblockage of a source
  • 塞外さいがい中国において、万里の長城の外。国境よりも北側の地域。outside a fort, outside the Great Wall of China
  • 塞内さいないinside a fort, (area) within the Great Wall of China
  • 塞栓症そくせんしょう血管やリンパ管に血栓や外部からの異物が詰まることで発症する壊死などの疾患。embolism
  • 塞げるふさげるto close up, to block up, to fill, to cover
  • 塞がりふさがりbeing closed, being blocked up, being occupied, hindrance
  • 塞翁が馬さいおうがうま一時の幸・不幸は、それを原因として、すぐに逆の立場に変わりうるのであって、軽率に一喜一憂すべきではないということ。「人間万事塞翁が馬」、「万事塞翁が馬」とも。the future is unpredictable, inscrutable are the ways of heaven, the irony of fate

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-10
Four Corner
3010.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3m10.2
Heisig
1646
Nelson
1324