Chinese Character 锁 Meanings and components.

Form

锁

Meaning

锁 meaning[3] in English

To Lock Up.

To Lock.

Lock.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 锁 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are (钅) , (?) , and surname Bei (贝)

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 CFBO

How to write 锁

To write锁suo3to lock … you should write a combination of 钅jin1 , ?? 贝bei4surname Bei arranged in a 吅 shape:

钅 + ? + 贝 = 锁

锁 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

锁
Pinyin:suo3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Lock Up . To Lock . Lock . Cl:把[Ba3]
钅
Pinyin:jin1
?
Pinyin:?
贝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

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

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

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