漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
錠: lock, fetters
Also: shackles
JLPT N116 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
金 carries the meaning · 定 gives the sound
16 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ジョウjou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 錠じょうlock; padlock
- 手錠てじょうhandcuffs; manacles
- 錠剤じょうざいpill; lozenge; tablet
- 施錠せじょうlocking
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Dig deep for treasure! This radical represents the metals that form the backbone of our technology and the "gold" that has served as a global standard of value for centuries.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side錠 lock · 金
vs綻 be rent · 糸In ChineseSimplified 锭 · traditional, as in Japanese · dìng
Japan keeps the traditional form 錠; mainland China simplifies it to 锭.
- Simplified
- 锭 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 錠 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dìng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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