塞

Translingual

Han character

塞 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 十廿金土 (JTCG), four-corner 3010₄, composition ⿱𡨄土)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 236, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5349
• Dae Jaweon: page 474, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 475, character 1
• Unihan data for U+585E

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		塞

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 塞
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (塞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
賽	*slɯːɡs
塞	*slɯːɡs, *slɯːɡ
簺	*slɯːɡs
僿	*hljɯɡs
寨	*zraːds, *slɯːɡ

Oracle bone script: Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 宀 (“house”) + 工 (“two items”) + 廾 (“two hands”) – stuffing the house with items.

Shuowen: Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 𡨄 + 土 (“soil”).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 塞

1. to stop up; to block up
2. to stuff; to cram; to squeeze in

   將報紙塞落對鞋度 [Cantonese, trad.]
   将报纸塞落对鞋度 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zoeng¹ bou³ zi² sak¹ lok⁶ deoi³ haai⁴ dou⁶ [Jyutping]

   to shove newspaper into a pair of shoes

3. to be blocked; to be jammed
4. to forbid; to suppress; to prohibit
5. to satisfy; to fulfil
6. to compensate; to remedy
7. to answer; to repay
8. to manage to arrange a position for someone
9. to practise bribe
10. to evade; to stall
11. stopper; cork
12. to be in a difficult position; destitute
13. honest; truthful

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 塞

1. (historical) place of strategic importance; pass; fortress
2. to build fortress; to construct fortifications
3. frontier; border
4. (specifically) the northern frontier of imperial China, as demarcated by the Great Wall
5. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 賽／赛 (sài, “to compete, contend; contest, race”).
6. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 簺 (sài, “an ancient gambling game”).

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

塞

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: そく (soku, Jōyō); さい (sai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: そく (soku, Jōyō); さい (sai, Jōyō)
• Kun: ふさがる (fusagaru, 塞がる, Jōyō); ふさぐ (fusagu, 塞ぐ, Jōyō); みちる (michiru, 塞ちる); とりで (toride, 塞)

Compounds

• 活塞(かっそく) (kassoku, “piston”)
• 塞翁(さいおう) (saiō)
• 城塞(じょうさい) (jōsai)
• 要塞(ようさい) (yōsai)

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Korean

Hanja

塞 • (sae, saek) (hangeul 새, 색, revised sae, saek, McCune–Reischauer sae, saek, Yale say, sayk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 塞 (tắc, tái)

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