塞
block, close, cover, obstruct, shut
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
13 / 13
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:13
JLPT:N/A
Frequency:N/A
Vocabulary
サイ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 要塞 | ヨウサイ | fort; stronghold; fortification |
| 城塞 | ジョウサイ | fortress; stronghold; citadel |
| 防塞 | ボウサイ | fort; defensive position |
| 山塞 | サンサイ | mountain stronghold; den of mountain bandits; knock-off (goods, esp. Chinese-made electronics); counterfeit; shanzhai |
| 要塞都市 | ヨウサイトシ | fortified city; bastide |
ソク
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 梗塞 | コウソク | stoppage; blocking; infarction; infarct |
| 脳梗塞 | ノウコウソク | cerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke |
| 閉塞 | ヘイソク | blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion |
| 心筋梗塞 | シンキンコウソク | heart attack; myocardial infarction |
| 塞栓 | ソクセン | embolus; abnormal substance (i.e. air) circulating in the blood |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 塞がる | ふさがる | to be closed; to be blocked; to be healed (e.g. wound); to be shut up; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation) |
| 塞がる | ふたがる | to be closed; to be blocked; to be healed (e.g. wound); to be shut up; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation) |
| 塞ぐ | ふさぐ | to stop up; to close up; to block (up); to plug up; to shut up; to cover (ears, eyes, etc.); to close (eyes, mouth); to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up; to take up; to perform one's role; to do one's duty; to feel depressed; to be in low spirits; to mope |
| 塞爾維 | セルビア | Serbia |
| 人間万事塞翁が馬 | にんげんばんじさいおうがうま | inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable |