1. 塞

塞

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Meta:

  1. 塞 is the 1078th most frequent character.
  2. 塞 has 4 dictionary entries.
  3. 塞 appears as a character in 58 words.
  4. 塞 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
塞 => 宀, No glyph available
Radical :
塞 => 宀 (roof), No glyph available, 二 (two), 一 (one), 八 (eight/divide), 土 (earth)
Graphical :
塞 => 冖, 丶, 丨, 二, 一, 八, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Sai1 - Serbia/Serbian/abbr. for 塞爾維亞|塞尔维亚[Sai1 er3 wei2 ya4]
  2. sai1 - to stop up/to squeeze in/to stuff/cork/stopper
  3. sai4 - strategic pass/tactical border position
  4. se4 - to stop up/to stuff/to cope with

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

哇塞 
塞 
塞车 (塞車)
鼻塞 

Medium Frequency

埃塞俄比亚 (埃塞俄比亞)
堵塞 
塞子 
塞满 (塞滿)
塞尔维亚 (塞爾維亞)
塞纳河 (塞納河)
塞维利亚 (塞維利亞)
塞翁失马 (塞翁失馬)
塞舌尔 (塞舌爾)
巴塞罗那 (巴塞羅那)
心肌梗塞 
搪塞 
活塞 
耳塞 
语塞 (語塞)
闭塞 (閉塞)
阻塞 

Appears In:

塞 also appears in:
噻簺
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.