Chinese Character 鎖 Meanings and components.

Form

鎖

Meaning

鎖 meaning[3] in English

To Lock Up.

To Lock.

Lock.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鎖 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Jin (金) , and (𧴪)

Its radical[1] is: 金 (jin1) which means: Surname Jin, Surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), .金jin1surname Jin

In cangjie it is written with CFBC

How to write 鎖

To write鎖suo3to lock … you should write a combination of 金jin1surname Jin , 𧴪suo3 arranged in a 吅 shape:

金 + 𧴪 = 鎖

鎖 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 鎖 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 鎖, looks as follow:

鎖
Pinyin:suo3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Lock Up . To Lock . Lock . Cl:把[Ba3]
金
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Surname Jin . Surname Kim (Korean) . Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
𧴪
Pinyin:suo3 Shape:吕
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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