鎖
chain; irons; connection
18 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1250.
Readings
- サ (on reading): 閉鎖 (へいさ) closing; 封鎖 (ふうさ) blockade
- くさり (kun reading): 鎖 (くさり) chain; 鎖鎌 (くさりがま) sickle and chain (weapon)
- とざす (kun reading)
Components
- 金
- ⺌
- 貝
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- ⺌ radical small, top form of 小
- 目 radical eye
- 貝 radical shell; money
- 金 radical gold; metal
Words using 鎖
- 閉鎖 (へいさ) closing
- 封鎖 (ふうさ) blockade
- 連鎖 (れんさ) chain
- 鎖骨 (さこつ) collarbone
- 鎖国 (さこく) national isolation
- 鎖 (くさり) chain
- 鎖鎌 (くさりがま) sickle and chain (weapon)
- 鎖帷子 (くさりかたびら) chain mail (armor, armour)
- 人間の鎖 (にんげんのくさり) human chain (chain of people holding hands, usually in protest)
- 金鎖 (きんぐさり) golden chain
120 words in all.