塞 (sài): meaning and stroke order
塞 (sài) means (bound form) strategic stronghold, to plug; to stop up; to stuff in.
塞
- Simplified
- 塞
- Traditional
- 塞 (same form)
- Pinyin
- sài · sāi · sè
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Stroke order of 塞
塞
- sāi to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork
- sài (bound form) strategic stronghold
- sè (bound form) to block; to obstruct
- 13 strokes
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Meaning of 塞
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sài
- (bound form) strategic stronghold
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sāi
- to plug; to stop up; to stuff in
- (bound form) a stopper; a cork
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sè
- (bound form) to block; to obstruct
Radical and structure
- 塞
- Radical 土 (Kangxi radical 32) · 13 strokes · 𡨄 on top, 土 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 塞
- 边塞 biān sài frontier fortress
- 塞翁失马 sài wēng shī mǎ lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).