錠
錠 — Lock
lock, fetters, shackles
On’yomiジョウ (jou)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (16 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 錠
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 錠 | じょう jou | lock; padlock; tablet |
| 手錠 | てじょう tejou | handcuffs; manacles; confinement in chains (Edo-era judicial corporal punishment) |
| 錠剤 | じょうざい jouzai | pill; lozenge; tablet |
| 施錠 | せじょう sejou | locking |
Study notes
錠 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1934 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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