noun, takes する, transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. blockage, blockade, blocking up, stoppage, obstruction, occlusion.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
閉塞 へいそく
 
 
閉そく へいそく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

closed, shut
と.じる ヘイ し.める (6th, N3)
gate, counter for cannons
モン かど と (2nd, N2)
genius, years old, cubic shaku
サイ (2nd, N3)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
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)