The kanji 塞: meaning, readings and stroke order

塞

Meaning: block, fort
On reading: サイ sai、ソク soku
Kun reading: ふさ（がる） fusagaru、ふさ（ぐ） fusagu
Strokes: 13
Radical: 土 earth
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bịt lại, pháo đài (tắc)
Japanese: ふさぐ。とりで。
Korean: 막다, 요새 (새·색)
Chinese: 堵塞、要塞

Readings, words and example sentences

サイ sai · on reading · less common

要よう塞さい
fortress
山の上に 要よう塞さいがありました。
There was a fortress on top of the mountain.

ソク soku · on reading · less common

梗こう塞そく
blockage of a blood vessel, infarction
血管の 梗こう塞そくをふせぎます。
We try to keep blood vessels from getting blocked.

ふさ（がる） fusagaru · kun reading · less common

塞ふさがる
to be blocked
道が雪で 塞ふさがりました。
The road was blocked by snow.

ふさ（ぐ） fusagu · kun reading · less common

塞ふさぐ
to block, to cover (one's ears)
耳を 塞ふさぎます。
I cover my ears.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.