栓

せん · sen · JLPT N2 · noun

show-stopper

🍾 木 (wood) + 全 (whole): a wooden plug that seals the whole opening of a bottle

Compounds like 水栓 (suisen, water stopcock) use the same kanji for a valve that shuts off flow. The 木 radical marks it as wood.

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