栓
plug, bolt, cork, bung, stopper
Readings
On'yomi
- セン
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
栓 centers on a device that closes an opening tightly: a plug, stopper, cork, or bolt that seals a container or pipe.
Most common words using 栓
20 of 58- 栓せんN2
stopper; cork; plug; bung
- 血栓けっせん
thrombus; blood clot
- 塞栓そくせん
embolus; abnormal substance (i.e. air) circulating in the blood
- 消火栓しょうかせん
fire hydrant
- 元栓もとせん
stopcock (gas, water); main valve; main tap; stop tap
- 栓抜きせんぬきN1
bottle opener; corkscrew
- 脳血栓のうけっせん
cerebral thrombosis
- ガス栓ガスせん
gas tap; gas cock
- コルク栓コルクせん
cork stopper; (bottle) cork
- ゴム栓ゴムせん
rubber stopper; rubber plug
- ロングフライト血栓症ロングフライトけっせんしょう
occurrence of deep vein thrombosis in air travelers
- 不凍栓ふとうせん
freeze protection valve
- 中栓なかせん
inner plug (bottle, etc.)
- 共同栓きょうどうせん
communal tap
- 共同水栓きょうどうすいせん
common faucet
- 共栓ともせん
stopper
- 冠状動脈血栓症かんじょうどうみゃくけっせんしょう
coronary thrombosis
- 塞栓症そくせんしょう
embolism
- 密栓みっせん
stopping tightly; sealing hermetically
- 接栓せっせん
connector; plug
Study
Etymology
栓 combines 木 (wood) with 全, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of completeness or wholeness, suggesting a wooden piece that completely closes an opening.
Meaning mnemonic
A wooden 木 piece that makes a complete 全 seal: a plug or stopper.
Reading mnemonic
For セン, imagine a wooden plug that costs one cent: cent -> セン, and it seals the bottle completely.