漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
鎖: chain, irons
Also: connection
JLPT N118 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
金 carries the meaning · ⺌ and 貝 are drawn in
18 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
サsa · on'yomi · in compounds
- 閉鎖へいさclosing; closure
- 封鎖ふうさ
- 連鎖れんさchain; series; connection
- 鎖国さこくnational isolation
- 経済封鎖けいざいふうさeconomic blockade; embargo
くさりkusari · kun'yomi · on its own
- 鎖くさりchain; chains
Also read とざす, with no example words in our sources. 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鎖 chain · ⺌ + 貝
vs鎮 tranquilize · 真In ChineseSimplified 锁 · traditional, as in Japanese · suǒ
Japan keeps the traditional form 鎖; mainland China simplifies it to 锁.
- Simplified
- 锁 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 鎖 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin suǒ 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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