堵

dǔ

to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls)

Radical: 土 HSK 4 v, q pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

堵 decomposes into the following components:

土 者

Semantic component: 土; phonetic component: 者.

Words containing 堵

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 堵.

七堵
qī dǔ
Chitu district of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 shi4], Taiwan
回堵
huí dǔ
围堵
wéi dǔ
to besiege
堵住
dǔ zhù
to block up
堵击
dǔ jī
to intercept and attack (military)
堵塞
dǔ sè
to block
堵截
dǔ jié
堵死
dǔ sǐ
to block (a road)
堵车
dǔ chē
traffic jam
填堵
tián dǔ
to stuff
拥堵
yōng dǔ
添堵
tiān dǔ

Related characters (radical 土)

Characters that share the radical 土.

土 圣 圤 在 圩 圪 圬 圭 圮 圯 地 圳 圹 场 圻 圼 圾 址 坂 均 坊 坌 坍 坎

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