The kanji 錠: meaning, readings and stroke order

錠

Meaning: lock, tablet
On reading: ジョウ jou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 16
Radical: 金 metal, gold
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ổ khoá, viên thuốc (đĩnh)
Japanese: かぎ。じょうざい。
Korean: 자물쇠, 알약 (정)
Chinese: 锁、药片 (锭)

Readings, words and example sentences

ジョウ jou · on reading · less common

手て錠じょう
handcuffs
手て錠じょうが出てくる場面です。
This is a scene where handcuffs appear.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.