suǒ
lock
Phonosemantic compound. 金 represents the meaning and 𧴪 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 鎖
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
lock | ||
to blockade | ||
to lock (a door) | ||
to interlock | ||
door lock |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[s]ˤojʔ | swaX | suǒ | chain |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 37.9946% of movies
991st most common character in movies
1558th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 18 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+9396 |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》：“鎖，鐵鎖，門鍵也。从金，聲。” |
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