錠

lock, fetters, shackles

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ジョウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

16 / 16

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:16

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1934

Vocabulary

ジョウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
施錠	セジョウ	locking
錠剤	ジョウザイ	pill; lozenge; tablet
一錠	イチジョウ	one tablet; one pill; tray; salver
健胃錠	ケンイジョウ	stomach tablet
南京錠	ナンキンジョウ	padlock

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
手錠	てじょう	handcuffs; manacles; confinement in chains (Edo-era judicial corporal punishment)
錠	じょう	lock; padlock; tablet; pill
１錠	いちじょう	one tablet; one pill; tray; salver
錠前	じょうまえ	lock
組み合わせ錠	くみあわせじょう	combination lock

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

pointed, sharpness, edge, weapon, sharp, violent

mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering

tempering, refine, drill, train, polish

coin, .01 yen, money