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鎖

suǒ

lock, padlock; shackles, chains

Strokes
18
Radical
金
HSK
—
Tone
3

Simplified form: 锁

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 锁, the simplified form of 鎖. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 这个门会自己上锁。

    Zhè ge mén huì zì jǐ shàng suǒ

    The door locks automatically.

  • 我们晚上锁门。

    Wǒ men wǎn shang suǒ mén

    We lock the doors at night.

  • 你没有把你的车上锁吗？

    Nǐ méi yǒu bǎ nǐ de chē shàng suǒ ma

    Didn't you lock up your car?

  • 他们忘了锁门。

    Tā men wàng le suǒ mén

    They forgot to lock the door.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 锁

  • 锁suǒ 3to lock; to lock up; a lock
  • 封锁fēng suǒ 1–3 to blockade; to seal off; to lock down
  • 连锁lián suǒ 2–3 to interlock; to be linked; chain (store etc)
  • 锁定suǒ dìng 3–4 to lock (a door); to close with a latch; to lock into place; a lock; a latch; to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten); to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection); to focus attention on; to target
  • 连锁店lián suǒ diàn 2–3–4chain store
  • 拉锁lā suǒ 1–3 zipper