栓|せんsen[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounstopper; cork; plug; bung
   シャンパンの栓せんがぽんと音おとを立たててとんだ。↗

   The champagne cork popped out.
2. nountap; faucet; stopcock

• Related給水栓きゅうすいせんWrittenUsed in written/formal prose for the tap or outlet at the end of a water supply pipe; 「栓」 is broader, also covering bottle stoppers and plugs.
• Related活栓かっせんWrittenA written/formal term for a stopcock valve fitted partway along a pipe; 「栓」 is broader and also covers bottle stoppers and corks.
• RelatedコックNeutralA loanword for the stopcock valves on water and gas pipes and lab equipment; it also has other senses, such as a cook.
• Related水栓すいせんNeutralA water tap or faucet; 「栓」 is broader, also covering bottle stoppers and plugs.

「栓」 covers bottle stoppers, plugs, and pipe valves. For a water tap say 「水栓」 or 「蛇口」; for a water-supply outlet 「給水栓」; for a stopcock on a pipe 「活栓」 or 「コック」.

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1. （セン）穴あなに挿さし込こんで物ものが動うごかないようにし、またはその中なかから物ものが漏もれないようにするもの。
2. （セン）水みず道管どうかんなどの末端まったんに付つける開閉かいへい装置そうち。