锁 suǒ lock
lock; padlock; chains
How to remember 锁: 钅 gold + ⺌ small + 贝 sea shell = lock. At the hardware store the girl picks a gold one for her diary, small and stamped with a sea shell, from the box labelled "lock".
Component breakdown
锁 = 钅 gold + 𭕆
- 钅 gold
- 𭕆
- ⺌ small
- 贝 sea shell
At the hardware store the girl picks a gold one for her diary, small and stamped with a sea shell, from the box labelled "lock".
How it is used
- Concrete noun "a lock" and also a verb "to lock": 锁门 (suǒ mén) "lock the door."
- 连锁 liánsuǒ describes a chain (连锁店 liánsuǒdiàn "chain store"); 封锁 fēngsuǒ is to blockade or seal off (news, a city, a road); 锁定 suǒdìng has picked up a tech/gaming sense of "lock onto/lock in" a target or setting.