Word Meaning 逼塞

ひっそく hissoku

逼塞 is read as ひっそく (hissoku) and means being trapped (and having no way out).

Meaning

English

  1. being trapped (and having no way out)
  2. house arrest (Edo period)
  3. withdrawal from society during personal financial hardship

Reading

Kana

ひっそく

Romaji

hissoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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閉塞

へいそく

blockage

心筋梗塞

しんきんこうそく

heart attack

要塞

ようさい

fort

脳梗塞

のうこうそく

cerebral infarction

梗塞

こうそく

infarction

急性心筋梗塞

きゅうせいしんきんこうそく

acute myocardial infarction

八方塞

はっぽうふさがり

being boxed in on all sides

防塞

ぼうさい

fort

山塞

さんさい

den of mountain bandits

活塞

かっそく

piston

辺塞

へんさい

frontier fort

河道閉塞

かどうへいそく

natural damming (of a river due to landslide, etc.)