窒
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to obstruct; to stop up
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 穴 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 窒
- Common rank
- #4,694
- Unicode
- U+7A92
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 窒
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 窒息性毒剂 | choking agent | |
| 窒息 | to choke; to stifle; to suffocate | |
| 窒碍 | (literary) to be obstructed |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 至 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 至 sound part | reach, arrive; very, extremely | |
| 室 | house, home; room, chamber | |
| 致 | to send; to present, to deliver; to cause; consequence | |
| 侄 | nephew | |
| 蛭 | leech | |
| 郅 | to grow, to flourish; superlative | |
| 耋 | aged; in one's eighties | |
| 轾 | the back of a cart | |
| 咥 | the sound of a cat; to laugh; to bite | |
| 桎 | shackles, fetters, handcuffs | |
| 垤 | anthill; hill mound |