鎖 (Kangxi radical 167,金+10, 18 strokes,cangjie input金火月金 (CFBC),four-corner8918₆,composition⿰釒𧴪)

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 1317, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40708
• Dae Jaweon: page 1817, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4240, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9396

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*soːlʔ): semantic 金(“metal”) + phonetic 𧴪(suǒ).

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鎖

1. (countable)lock(something used for fastening)(Classifier:把mc)

   這輛車沒有鎖。／这辆车没有锁。  ― Zhè liàng chē méiyǒusuǒ.  ―  This car has nolock.

2. lock-shaped thing
3. (computing)lock(mutex or othertokenrestrictingaccess to aresource)
4. chain
5. (transitive) tolock; tolock up

   鎖門／锁门  ― suǒmén  ―  to lock the doors

   這輛車沒有鎖。／这辆车没有锁。  ― Zhè liàng chē méiyǒusuǒ.  ―  This car is notlocked.

6. toseal; toclose; toseal off
7. tolockstitch
8. asurname,Suo

• (lock):

• (to seal):封閉／封闭 (fēngbì),封鎖／封锁 (fēngsuǒ)

• (antonym(s) of“to seal”):開放／开放 (kāifàng)

• → Zhuang:suj
• via Old Chinese:
  • → Burmese:သော့(sau.)
  • → Mon:သအ်
  • → Khmer:សោ(sao)
  • → Shan:သေႃး(sáu)
  • → Khün:ᨪᩳ
  • → Lü:ᦌᦸ(soa)
• →⇒ Middle Korean:솨줄〮(swàcwúl)
• → Old Uyghur:𐽻𐽳𐽰(sua)
  • ⇒ Old Uyghur:𐽻𐽳𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽷(suala-)

• “鎖”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–
• 李如龙[Li, Ru-long],刘福铸[Liu, Fu-zhu],吴华英[Wu, Hua-ying],黄国城[Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “锁”, in莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min),Xiamen University Press,→ISBN, page129.

Shinjitai	鎖
Kyūjitai [1]	鎖󠄁 鎖+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	鎖󠄃 鎖+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Jōyō kanji)

• Go-on:さ(sa,Jōyō)
• Kan-on:さ(sa,Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on:じょう(jō)^{←じやう(zyau,historical)}
• Kun:くさり(kusari,鎖,Jōyō)、さす(sasu,鎖す)、つがる(tsugaru,鎖る)、とざす(tozasu,鎖す)

Noun derived from the連用形(ren'yōkei,“stem form”) of verb鏈る(kusaru,“to be linked together, to link together”).^[2][3]

• (Tokyo)くさり[kùsárí] (Heiban – [0])^[4][3]
• (Tokyo)くさり[kùsáríꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[3]
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟̊sa̠ɾʲi]

鎖(くさり)• (kusari) 

1. achain
   • 1999 March 1, “聖(せい)なる鎖(くさり) [Holy Chain]”, inBooster 1,Konami:

     聖(せい)なる力(ちから)で、動(うご)きを封(ふう)じることができると言(い)われている鎖(くさり)。

     Seinaru chikara de, ugoki o fūjiru koto ga dekiru to iwareteirukusari.

     This chain is said to be able to seal all movements with its holy power.

• 鎖(くさり)鎌(がま)(kusari-gama): achainsickle
• 鎖(くさり)分(ふん)銅(どう)(kusari fundō): aweightedchain
• 鎖(くさり)具(ぐ)足(そく)(kusari gusoku):chainarmour

• 鏈(くさ)る(kusaru): to be linked together, to link together

Noun derived from the連用形(ren'yōkei,“stem form”) of verb鎖す(tozasu,“to shut and lock a door or gate”).^[2][3]

• IPA^(key): [to̞za̠ɕi]

鎖(とざし)• (tozashi) 

1. theclosing andlocking of adoor orgate
2. a door or gate so closed and locked
3. abar or otherdevice used to lock a door or gate

• 鎖(とざ)す,閉(と)ざす(tozasu): to close and lock a door or gate

Noun derived from the連用形(ren'yōkei,“stem form”) of verb連る(tsugaru,“to continue, to lead onto the next, to be connected; to connect or link together”).^[2][3]

• 鎖り,連,連り,繋り,綴り,縋り

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨɡa̠ɾʲi]

鎖(つがり)• (tsugari) 

1. aconnection,linkage, orcontinuation
2. (rare) achain
3. astring of itemstied together
4. the part of theopening of adrawstringbag through which the string is passed

• 鎖る,連る,繋る,綴る,縋る (tsugaru): to continue, to lead onto the next, to be connected; to connect or link together

FromMiddle Chinese鎻 or鎖 (MC swaX). Compare modernMandarin鎖 /锁(suǒ,“lock, padlock; shackles, chains”).

Only used in compounds in modernJapanese.

• IPA^(key): [sa̠]

鎖(さ)• (sa) 

1. achain,linkage, orcontinuation
2. alock orbarrier

Alteration fromsau, itself an alternative reading ofsa above, possibly influenced by an early variety ofMandarin readingsuǒ orCantonese readingso².^[2] The shift fromsau tojau (modernjō) was probably the influence of the reading of synonymous character錠 (jō).

/sa/ →/sau/ →/d͡ʑau/ →/d͡ʑoː/

• 錠

• (Tokyo)じょー[jòó] (Heiban – [0])^[4][3]
• (Tokyo)じょー[jóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ː]

鎖(じょう)• (jō) ^{←ぢやう(dyau)?}

1. (pitch 0) ametalbar used tolockshut agate,door,chest, or other opening
2. (pitch 0) akey used to lock orunlock such an opening
3. (pitch 1) apill ortablet

The senses have different pitch accents. A low starting pitch is used for thelock orkey meanings, while a high starting pitch is used for thepill ortablet meanings.

The alternative spelling錠 was originally anateji, but in reference to openings, the meaning was limited tokey, while thelock sense was spelled鎖. In modernJapanese, these characters are largely interchangeable for bothlock andkey senses. However, the more common term forkey is鍵 (kagi).

Thepill sense is more commonly spelled錠.

鎖(じょう)• (-jō) ^{←ぢやう(-dyau)?}

1. counter forpills ortablets

   この薬(くすり)は一(いっ)回(かい)に三(さん)鎖(じょう)とのことです。

   Kono kusuri wa ikkai ni sanjō to no koto desu.

   The instructions are to take threepills of this medicine for each dose.

More commonly spelled錠.

鎖• (swae) (hangeul쇄)

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鎖:Hán Nôm readings:tỏa/toả,khóa/khoá,sõa/soã,tủa,xõa/xoã,tuở,tỏe/toẻ,sỏa/soả

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