noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. being trapped (and having no way out).
  2. withdrawal from society during personal financial hardship.
  3. house arrest (Edo period). Messages.hist.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
逼塞 ひっそく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

urge, force, imminent
ヒツ フク ヒョク (Kentei Pre-1)
to fill, roll of cloth
フク ヒョク ヒキ
delicious(旨) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
walk, walking, road radical variant (no. 162)
チャク
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)