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鎖

chain
Stroke count: 18

Readings

On readingサ
Kun readingくさり、とざ.す
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. 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
  2. irons
    今我が鎖を解き。I cast aside my chains.tatoeba
  3. connection
  1. chains

Radicals and components

Radical金gold釒variant
Components
How it's built
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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
金鎖きんぐさり
golden chain
鎖すとざす
to shut
鎖鎌くさりがま
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
都市封鎖としふうさ
(city-wide) lockdown
道路封鎖どうろふうさ
roadblock
閉鎖するへいさする
to close
眼瞼閉鎖反射がんけんへいさはんしゃ
corneal reflex

Kun Reading Examples

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

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