鎖
chain, connection, irons
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
18 / 18
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:18
JLPT:1
Frequency:1250
Vocabulary
サ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鎖国 | サコク | national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate |
| 封鎖 | フウサ | blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds) |
| 閉鎖 | ヘイサ | closing; closure; shutdown; lockout |
| 連鎖 | レンサ | chain; series; connection; linkage |
| 鎖骨 | サコツ | collarbone; clavicle |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鎖 | くさり | chain; chains |
| 手鎖 | てじょう | handcuffs; manacles; confinement in chains (Edo-era judicial corporal punishment) |
| 鎖す | とざす | to shut; to close; to fasten; to lock; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to cut off; to cover (e.g. in darkness); to consume (with negative feelings); to fill (e.g. with sadness); to bury (e.g. in grief) |
| 経済封鎖 | けいざいふうさ | economic blockade; embargo |
| 鎖 | じょう | lock; padlock; tablet; pill |
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