塞

sè

(bound form) to block; to obstruct

roof (宀) + earth (土) = blocked and sealed

The roof (宀) suggests an enclosed space, and the earth (土) beneath it creates an image of packed soil filling and blocking a passage. Together they evoke the idea of something sealed or stopped up tight.

宀+土→塞
土EarthSemantic
宀RoofSemantic

道路拥塞,很多车都走不了。

dào lù yōng sè, hěn duō chē dōu zǒu bu liǎo。

The road is congested; many cars cannot move at all.

网络堵塞会让数据传输变慢。

wǎng luò dǔ sè huì ràng shù jù chuán shū biàn màn。

Network congestion can make data transmission slow down.

Words with 塞

充塞

chōng sè

congestion

西塞罗

xī sài luó

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC), Roman statesman, orator and philosopher

鼻塞

bí sè

to have a stuffy nose

黑塞哥维那

hēi sài gē wéi nà

Herzegovina

闭塞

bì sè

to stop up

圣何塞

shèng hé sài

San Jose

塞万提斯

sài wàn tí sī

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616), Spanish novelist, poet and playwright, author of Don Quixote 堂吉訶德|堂吉诃德[Tang2 ji2 he1 de2]

塞尔达

sài ěr dá

Zelda (in Legend of Zelda video game)

塞车

sāi chē

traffic jam

杜塞

dù sè

to stop

边塞

biān sài

frontier fortress

闭塞眼睛捉麻雀

bì sè yǎn jīng zhuō má què

lit. to catch sparrows blindfolded (idiom)

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