Kanji
N1 13 strokes Grade 8

close, shut, cover, block, obstruct

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

earth tsuchi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

blockage; blockade
heart attack; myocardial infarction
fort; stronghold
cerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke
stoppage; blocking
fortified city; bastide
natural damming (of a river due to landslide, etc.)
chronic obstructive respiratory disease
barrage balloon
nasal obstruction

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to be closed; to be blocked
to stop up; to close up
the future is unpredictable; inscrutable are the ways of heaven
unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin)
good-for-nothing; deadweight
occlusion in the circle of Willis
closing of the winter hearth
being closed; being blocked up

Example sentences

Many people suffer from heart disease in Japan, but in Libya those having heart attacks have also increased a lot recently.

The fortress was in the enemy's hands.

They built the walls of the fortress without using cement at all.

I hope this seat is not occupied.