noun

  1. mountain stronghold.
  2. den of mountain bandits.

noun or verb acting predominately, noun

Messages.net-sl. Chinese neologism.
  1. knock-off (goods, esp. Chinese-made electronics), counterfeit, shanzhai.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
山塞 さんさい
山砦 さんさい
山寨 さんさい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

mountain
やま サン セン (1st, N5)
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)