Kanji

塞

close, shut, cover, block, obstruct

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

土部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ソク, サイ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ふさぐ, とりで, みちる

Example sentences

塞ぐ ふさぐ
倒れた木が道を塞いでいる。

A fallen tree is blocking the road.

退ける どける
道を塞いでいる箱を退けてください。

Please move the box that is blocking the path.

要塞 ようさい
その要塞は敵の攻撃に耐えた。

The fortress withstood the enemy's attack.

陥落 かんらく
要塞が敵の手によって陥落した

The fortress fell to the enemy.

塞がる ふさがる
やっと傷口が塞がりました。

The wound has finally closed.

耳を塞ぐ みみをふさぐ
大きな音に驚いて、思わず耳を塞いだ。

Startled by the loud sound, I instinctively covered my ears.

立ち塞がる たちふさがる
私たちの前には、解決すべき多くの困難が立ち塞がっている。

In front of us, many difficulties that need to be solved are standing in our way.

八方塞がり はっぽうふさがり
事業が失敗し、資金繰りも悪化して八方塞がりだ。

The business failed, cash flow also deteriorated, and we are now at a dead end.

Example Vocabulary

塞ぐ

ふさぐ

to block; to plug; to stop up; to occupy

要塞

ようさい

fortress; fort; stronghold

塞がる

ふさがる

to be blocked, to be closed, to be full, to be occupied

耳を塞ぐ

みみをふさぐ

to cover one's ears; to shut one's ears

立ち塞がる

たちふさがる

to stand in the way; to block; to obstruct

城塞

じょうさい

八方塞がり

はっぽうふさがり

at a dead end; blocked in all directions; having no way out

開いた口が塞がらない

あいたくちがふさがらない

閉塞感

へいそくかん

塞ぎ込む

ふさぎこむ

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