The kanji 鎖: meaning, readings and stroke order

鎖

Meaning: chain, close
On reading: サ sa
Kun reading: くさり kusari
Strokes: 18
Radical: 金 metal, gold
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: dây xích, đóng lại (tỏa)
Japanese: くさり。とざす。
Korean: 쇠사슬, 잠그다 (쇄)
Chinese: 锁链、封锁 (锁)

Readings, words and example sentences

サ sa · on reading · less common

閉へい鎖さ
closing off, shutting down
工事で道が 閉へい鎖さされます。
The road is closed for construction work.

くさり kusari · kun reading

鎖くさり
chain
門に 鎖くさりをかけます。
They put a chain on the gate.

Practise writing 鎖 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 鎖 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 7 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Get it on the App Store Get it on Google Play

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.