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塞

塞 — close, shut, cover

On
ソク, サイ
Kun
ふさぐ, とりで, みちる
Strokes
13
School grade
8

Common words with 塞

  • 梗塞こうそくstoppage; blockingCommon
  • 閉塞へいそくblockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusionCommon
  • 塞がるふさがるto be closed; to be blocked; to be healed (e.g. wound); to be shut upCommon

    道路は倒れた木で塞がっていた。
    The road is blocked by fallen trees.

  • 塞ぐふさぐto stop up; to close up; to block (up); to plug up; to shut up; to cover (ears,…Common
  • 要塞ようさいfort; stronghold; fortificationOccasional
  • 要塞化ようさいかfortifying; fortificationRare
  • 要塞島ようさいとうsea fort; island fortRare
  • 要塞都市ようさいとしfortified city; bastideRare
  • 閉塞感へいそくかんlocked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopeles…Rare
  • 河道閉塞かどうへいそくnatural damming (of a river due to landslide, etc.)Rare
  • 腸間膜血管閉塞症ちょうかんまくけっかんへいそくしょうmesenteric vascular occlusionRare
  • 穴を塞ぐあなをふさぐto fill a hole with earthRare
  • 耳を塞ぐみみをふさぐto stop (plug) one's earsRare
  • 城塞じょうさいfortress; stronghold; citadelRare
  • ウィリス動脈輪閉塞症ウィリスどうみゃくりんへいそくしょうocclusion in the circle of WillisRare
  • 塞栓そくせんembolus; abnormal substance (i.e. air) circulating in the bloodRare
  • 脂肪塞栓症しぼうそくせんしょうfat embolismRare
  • 血栓塞栓症けっせんそくせんしょうthromboembolismRare
  • 辺塞へんさいfrontier fortRare
  • 堰塞えんそくdamming (e.g. a pond)Rare

With the JLPT kanji plus 塞, you can read 63 words that use 塞.

  • 塞ぐ ふさぐ to stop up; to close up; to block (up); to plug up; to shut up; to cover (ears,…
  • 塞がる ふさがる to be closed; to be blocked; to be healed (e.g. wound); to be shut up
  • 閉塞 へいそく blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
  • 要塞 ようさい fort; stronghold; fortification
  • 要塞化 ようさいか fortifying; fortification

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