Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

窒: plug up, obstruct

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

穴 carries the meaning · 至 gives the sound

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

チツchitsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 窒素ちっそnitrogen (N)
  • 窒息ちっそく
  • 窒塞ちっそくblocked

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“When you see this 'hole' crown on top of a kanji, imagine a roof with an opening. It tells you that the character involves a hollow space, a window, or something that is hidden deep inside a structure.”
More in the 穴 hole story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
穴

Also built on hole (穴)

All 8
至

Also built on to arrive (至)

All 4

The 至 sound family doesn't share one reading.

Also read チツ

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
窒 plug up · 穴
vs屋 roof · 尸
窒 has 穴 where 屋 has 尸.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhì

Same form: 窒 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
窒 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
窒 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhì most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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