The kanji 錮: meaning, readings and stroke order

錮

Meaning: seal, confine
On reading: コ ko
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 16
Radical: 金 metal, gold
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: hàn kín, giam giữ (cố)
Japanese: ふさぐ。とじこめる。
Korean: 막다, 가두다 (고)
Chinese: 禁锢、封闭 (锢)

Readings, words and example sentences

コ ko · on reading · less common

禁きん錮こ
imprisonment (without forced labor)
禁きん錮この刑について学びます。
We learn about prison sentences without forced labor.

Practise writing 錮 in the app

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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.