suǒ
lock
Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 𭕆 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鎖.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 锁
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
lock | ||
to blockade | ||
to lock (a door) | ||
to interlock | ||
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 |
Sources
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