13 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

close, shut, cover, block, obstruct, insulation

Kun'yomi
  • to stop up ②to stand in the way ③to feel depressed
  • とりで
  • ちる
On'yomi
  • ソク
  • サイ

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

サイ 77.6%
ふさ 18.4%
ソク 4.1%

Character Breakdown

close, shut, cover
サイ ふさ.ぐ ソク (11th)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
together, both, neither
とも キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)

Common Words

to stop up ②to stand in the way ③to feel depressed
the future is unpredictable
frontier fort ②remote area
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References

Unicode hex code 585E
JIS X 0208 1-26-41
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1324
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1069
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2330
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2924
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2033
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2214
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1646
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 5349
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 465
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3m10.2
Four corner code 3010.4
De Roo Code 772