窒 – plug up, obstruct

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1776 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 窒 means plug up, obstruct. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チツ (chitsu). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 穴 (no. 116).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チツ	chitsu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 穴 (Kangxi radical 116). Components: 一・穴・至・土・儿・厶・宀.

Words using 窒

窒息ちっそくsuffocation

Example sentences

お菓子で赤ちゃんが窒息するところだった。

The baby almost choked on a piece of candy.

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Kanji with the same radical

空究突窓穴窮

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