鎖

chain

Stroke count: 18

Readings

On readingサ

Kun readingくさり、とざ.す

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

chainRtK
囚人たちは鎖につながれている。The prisoners are in chains.tatoeba
鎖の強さはその環の一番弱いところに左右される。The strength of the chain is in the weakest link.tatoeba
irons
connection

chains

Radicals and components

Radical金gold 釒variant

Components

How it's built

鎖

Mnemonic (RtK)

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metal (金) · gold (金) · small (小) · shellfish · clam · oyster · eye (目) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2087

Compound words

鎖国さこく

national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

封鎖ふうさ

blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)

閉鎖へいさ

closing; closure; shutdown; lockout

連鎖れんさ

chain; series; connection; linkage

経済封鎖けいざいふうさ

economic blockade; embargo

sickle and chain (weapon)

鎖骨さこつ

collarbone

鎖樋くさりとい

rain chain (hanging from a gutter and functioning as downspout, often made of ornamental cups)

手鎖てじょう

handcuffs

鎖帷子くさりかたびら

chain mail (armor, armour)

再封鎖さいふうさ

reblocking

基地閉鎖きちへいさ

(military) base closing

Kun Reading Examples

今我が鎖を解き。くさり

I cast aside my chains.tatoeba

犬は柱に鎖でつながれていた。くさり

The dog was chained to the post.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼の事務所は資金不足で閉鎖されることになっている。

His office is going to be shut down for want of money.tatoeba

博物館は資金不足のために閉鎖しなければならなかった。

The museum had to close due to lack of finances.tatoeba

日本の市場が閉鎖的だという非難は、負け惜しみにすぎません。

Criticisms that Japan's market is closed are just sour grapes.tatoeba

Stroke Order

18 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 鎖

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step