堵(dǔ)

HSK 411 strokes

to block up (a road, pipe etc)

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Character information

Pinyin
dǔ
Meaning
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)
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 堵 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰土者

In this compound, the meaning comes from 土 (earth); 者 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

土tǔ者zhě

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 堵 step by step

11 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 堵

Common words using 堵 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

dǔ堵chē车
HSK 4

traffic jam

Open 堵车 page →
dǔ堵sè塞
HSK 7-9

to clog up

Open 堵塞 page →
qī七dǔ堵

see 七堵区

Open 七堵 page →
huí回dǔ堵

(Tw) (of traffic) to be jammed; traffic backup

Open 回堵 page →
wéi围dǔ堵

to blockade; to surround; to hem in

Open 围堵 page →
dǔ堵zhù住

to block up

Open 堵住 page →
dǔ堵jié截

to intercept; to block the passage of; to interdict

Open 堵截 page →
yōng拥dǔ堵

(of traffic) to become congested

Open 拥堵 page →

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