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壅
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obstruct

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Landforms
yōng
ヨウ
ふさ.ぐ
옹
Components
雍 union+ 土 earth =
壅 obstruct
雍 Phonetic component
yōng union
old variant of 雍[yōng]
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土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
soil, earth
earth
Notes
Similar Characters
擁 hug (trad/jp)甕 earthen jar (trad)臃 swell up蕹 Ipomoea aquatica used饔 breakfast压 oppress (simp)厓 precipice圩 dike圪 phonetic圬 plaster over with圮 ruined圯 bank地 ground/earth圳 furrow in field圹 prairie (simp)场 open space (simp)圻 border (alt)圼 圾 trash址 address
Historical Evolution
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
壅
Regular
Modern
Chinese
壅 [yōng]
to obstruct; to stop up; to heap soil around the roots of a plant
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
壅塞 [yōng​sè] #56,066
variant of 擁塞|拥塞[yōng​sè]
壅蔽 [yōng​bì]
(literary) to cover
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
懸壅垂 [けんようすい]
uvula
KOREAN WORDS (1)
옹색
being badly off