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錠

JLPT N1 16 strokes Frequency: #1934

Meanings

Lock, Fetters, Shackles

Radicals

釒

Decomposition

⿰釒定

Etymology

Pictophonetic: metal

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 16

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 dot right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 vertical right-to-left

6 dot bottom-to-top

7 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 rising bottom-to-top

9 vertical right-to-left

10 dot right-to-left

11 corner right-to-left

12 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

13 vertical right-to-left

14 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

15 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

16 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ジョウ jou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

29 words total

Other (20 words)

stomach tablet

locking

handcuffs

pill

lock

combination lock

padlock

lock

sugar-coated pill

buckle

lock with a curved shape resembling a shrimp (used for gate bolts)

locksmith

to lock

to fasten a lock

combination lock

cylinder lock

breaking a lock

unlocking

bolt

door separating the inner castle from the outer castle (Edo period)

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