堵dǔ
to block. 11 strokes, radical 土, first met in HSK 4.
How to write 堵
Strokes 1–3 write 土, then strokes 4–11 write 者.
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Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 堵 · the stroke-order rules
What 堵 is made of
土 (tǔ, soil) and 者 (zhě, that which).
土 carries the meaning — earth — and 者 carries the sound.
Words that use 堵
| 堵 | to block 把漏洞或通道塞住 他迅速堵住了水管漏洞。He quickly moved to plug the leak in the pipe. Lesson 273, 市井百工与日常智识 · 邻里温情与冬景市声 · Winter Rhythms, Urban Transit & Neighborly Harmony |
| 堵车 | a traffic jam 路上车辆太多，走不动 大雪纷飞，街头严重堵车。Heavy snow fell, and the streets were caught in a bad traffic jam. Lesson 270, 寒冬夜归与邻里关照 · 邻里温情与冬景市声 · Winter Rhythms, Urban Transit & Neighborly Harmony |
Characters that share the sound part 者
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 土
All 34 of them, and what the radical means, on the 土 radical page.