塞

Glyph origin
Oracle bone script: – stuffing the house with items.



Definitions

 * 1) to stop up; to block up
 * 2) to stuff; to cram; to squeeze in
 * 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
 * 14)   people
 * 1)   people

Definitions

 * 1)  place of strategic importance; pass; fortress
 * 2) to build fortress; to construct fortifications
 * 3) frontier; border
 * 4)  the northern frontier of imperial China, as demarcated by the Great Wall
 * 1)  the northern frontier of imperial China, as demarcated by the Great Wall

Kanji

 * 1) to block
 * 2) to shut off
 * 3) to close
 * 4) fort; fortress

Idioms

 * : "Good luck brings bad luck, and good luck brings bad luck"; "Luck is fickle"

Etymology 1
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