Memory phrase for the character: 塞

塞

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Meaning

obstruct, blockage

Pronunciation

 SAI, SOKU
fusagu, fusagaru

Explanation

 From top: roof 宀, a well 井, var. of six 六, earth 土

Mnemonic
 
Despite the roof, the well was already six-times filled with earth and thus obstructed.

Radicals

宀 ceilingRadical: ukanmuri
井 well
六 six
土 earthground, soil
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 Vocabulary

脳梗塞 のうこうそく  cerebral infarction
塞がる ふさがる  to be plugged up, to be shut up
塞ぐ ふさぐ  to stop up, to close up, to block (up), to occupy, to fill up, to take up

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