suǒ

lock

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𭕆 represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
钅 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

is a component form of .

𭕆 sound component

𭕆  Sound component

suǒ

  

fragments

Evolution

锁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
锁 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
锁 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

suǒ

lock, padlock; shackles, chains; to lock up; to lock; lock; CL:[bǎ]

() 

suǒ

old variant of |[suǒ]

Most common words with 锁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

lock

封锁

to blockade

锁定

to lock (a door)

连锁

to interlock

门锁

door lock

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 37.9946% of movies

991st most common character in movies

1558th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Traditional

Unicode

U+9501


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