Keyword
lock
- padlock
- chains
- shackles
- Frequency
- #1289
- Strokes
- 12
Readings
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Mnemonic
钅 (metal) gives the meaning and ⺌ the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
封锁
to blockade; to seal off; to lock down
锁
to lock; to lock up; a lock (CL:把 (bǎ))
锁定
to lock (a door); to close with a latch; to lock into place; a lock; a latch; to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten); to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection); to focus attention on; to target
连锁
to interlock; to be linked; chain (store etc)
连锁店
chain store
解锁
to unlock; to release
枷锁
stocks and chain; in fetters
锁链
chains; shackles
锁上
to lock; to lock up
开锁
to unlock
门锁
door lock
闭锁
to lock
连锁反应
(physics) chain reaction; (idiom) chain reaction; series of events each caused by the previous one
上锁
to lock; to be locked
锁骨
collarbone; clavicle
反锁
locked in (with the door locked from the outside)
封锁线
blockade line; cordon
闭关锁国
to close the passes and seal off the country; to close a country to exclude foreign contact
锁匠
locksmith
锁国
to close a country; to exclude foreign contact; closed country (Qing China, North Korea etc)
锁门
to lock the door
锁屏
(computing) to lock the screen; lock screen
锁匙
(dialect) key; Taiwan pr. suǒshi
深锁
locked up; closed off; (of one's brow) furrowed; frowning