"塞" meaning in Japanese

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "piston",
      "roman": "kassoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "活塞",
          "かっそく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "活塞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jōsai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "城塞",
          "じょうさい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "城塞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yōsai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "要塞",
          "ようさい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "要塞"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "“Jōyō” kanji",
      "tags": [
        "common"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "The old man lost his horse",
      "roman": "sai ō ga uma",
      "word": "塞翁が馬: \"Good luck brings bad luck"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "and good luck brings bad luck\""
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 23 25 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Common kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to block"
      ],
      "id": "en-塞-ja-character-eeOr~-Rp",
      "links": [
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "kanji"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 23 25 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Common kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 70 0 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 87 0 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to shut off"
      ],
      "id": "en-塞-ja-character-QFweACYT",
      "links": [
        [
          "shut off",
          "shut off"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "kanji"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 23 25 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Common kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to close"
      ],
      "id": "en-塞-ja-character-zpwyn4Fc",
      "links": [
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "kanji"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 23 25 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Common kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fort; fortress"
      ],
      "id": "en-塞-ja-character-ou20kDB0",
      "links": [
        [
          "fort",
          "fort"
        ],
        [
          "fortress",
          "fortress"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "kanji"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "塞"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Common kanji",
    "Japanese Han characters",
    "Japanese kanji with goon reading さい",
    "Japanese kanji with goon reading そく",
    "Japanese kanji with kan'on reading さい",
    "Japanese kanji with kan'on reading そく",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading とりで",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading ふさ-がる",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading ふさ-ぐ",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading み-ちる",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 塞",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "piston",
      "roman": "kassoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "活塞",
          "かっそく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "活塞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jōsai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "城塞",
          "じょうさい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "城塞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōsai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "要塞",
          "ようさい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "要塞"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "“Jōyō” kanji",
      "tags": [
        "common"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "The old man lost his horse",
      "roman": "sai ō ga uma",
      "word": "塞翁が馬: \"Good luck brings bad luck"
    },
    {
      "word": "and good luck brings bad luck\""
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to block"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "kanji"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to shut off"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shut off",
          "shut off"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "kanji"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to close"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "kanji"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fort; fortress"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fort",
          "fort"
        ],
        [
          "fortress",
          "fortress"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "kanji"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "塞"
}