鎖

chain, irons, connection

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

サ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

くさりとざ.す

Stroke Order

18 / 18

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:18

JLPT:N1

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

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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

bell, gong, chimes

tempering, refine, drill, train, polish

tranquilize, ancient peace-preservation centers

pointed, sharpness, edge, weapon, sharp, violent

confused, mix, be in disorder

colleague, official, companion

paragraph, nape of neck, clause, item, term (expression)