堵
Meaning
- to block up (a road, pipe etc)
- to stop up (a hole)
- (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress
Example sentence
下水道堵了。
The sewage pipe is obstructed.
The character 堵
堵 is 土, earth, beside 者: blocking with a wall. 堵车 is a traffic jam, 堵住 is stopping something up — and said of a feeling it is the chest blocked.