鎖

鎖 (radical 167, 金+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金火月金 (CFBC), four-corner 8918₆, composition ⿰釒𧴪)

• KangXi: page 1317, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40708
• Dae Jaweon: page 1817, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4240, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9396

鎖

1. to lock

   鎖門 / 锁门  ―  suǒmén  ―  to lock the doors

2. a lock; a padlock

   鎖子 / 锁子  ―  suǒzǐ  ―  lock

• (padlock): (Cantonese, Min Nan) 鎖頭／锁头 (suǒtóu)

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鎻)

• Go-on: さ (sa, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: さ (sa, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: じょう (jō)^{←じやう (zyau, historical)}
• Kun: くさり (kusari, 鎖, Jōyō); さす (sasu, 鎖す); とざす (tozasu, 鎖す); つがる (tsugaru, 鎖る)

Noun derived from the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 鏈る (kusaru, “to be linked together, to link together”).[1][2]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) くさり [kùsárí] (Heiban – [0])[3][2]
  • (Tokyo) くさり​ [kùsáríꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [kɯ̟̊ᵝsa̠ɾʲi]

• 鐺, 鏈, 鉧, 鏁

鎖 (hiragana くさり, rōmaji kusari)

1. a chain
   • 1999 March 1, “聖せいなる鎖くさり [Holy Chain]”, in Booster 1, Konami:

     聖 (せい)なる力 (ちから)で、動 (うご)きを封 (ふう)じることができると言 (い)われている鎖 (くさり)。

     Seinaru chikara de, ugoki o fūjiru koto ga dekiru to iwareteiru kusari.

     This chain is said to be able to seal all movements with its holy power.

• 鎖鎌 (くさりがま) (kusarigama): a chain sickle
• 鎖分銅 (くさりふんどう) (kusari fundō): a weighted chain

• 鏈 (くさ)る (kusaru): to be linked together, to link together

Noun derived from the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 鎖す (tozasu, “to shut and lock a door or gate”).[1][2]

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [to̞za̠ɕi]

鎖 (hiragana とざし, rōmaji tozashi)

1. the closing and locking of a door or gate
2. a door or gate so closed and locked
3. a bar or other device used to lock a door or gate

• 鎖す, 閉ざす (とざす, ​tozasu): to close and lock a door or gate

Noun derived from the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 連る (tsugaru, “to continue, to lead onto the next, to be connected; to connect or link together”).[1][2]

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝɡa̠ɾʲi]

• 鎖り, 連, 連り, 繋り, 綴り, 縋り

鎖 (hiragana つがり, rōmaji tsugari)

1. a connection, linkage, or continuation
2. (rare) a chain
3. a string of items tied together
4. the part of the opening of a drawstring bag through which the string is passed

• 鎖る, 連る, 繋る, 綴る, 縋る (tsugaru): to continue, to lead onto the next, to be connected; to connect or link together

From Middle Chinese 鎻 or 鎖 (*swa^X). Compare modern Mandarin 鎖 (suǒ, “lock, padlock; shackles, chains”).

Only used in compounds in modern Japanese.

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [sa̠]

鎖 (hiragana さ, rōmaji sa)

1. a chain, linkage, or continuation
2. a lock or barrier

Alteration from sau, itself an alternate reading of sa above, possibly influenced by an early variety of Mandarin reading suǒ or Cantonese reading so².[1] The shift from sau to jau (modern jō) was probably the influence of the reading of synonymous character 錠 (jō).

/sa/ → /sau/ → /d͡ʑau/ → /d͡ʑoː/

• Kan’yōyomi
  • (Tokyo) じょー [jòó] (Heiban – [0])[3][2]
  • (Tokyo) じょ​ー [jóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ː]

• 錠

鎖 (hiragana じょう, rōmaji jō, historical hiragana ぢやう)

1. (pitch 0) a metal bar used to lock shut a gate, door, chest, or other opening
2. (pitch 0) a key used to lock or unlock such an opening
3. (pitch 1) a pill or tablet

The senses have different pitch accents. A low starting pitch is used for the lock or key meanings, while a high starting pitch is used for the pill or tablet meanings.

The alternate spelling 錠 was originally an ateji, but in reference to openings, the meaning was limited to key, while the lock sense was spelled 鎖. In modern Japanese, these characters are largely interchangeable for both lock and key senses. However, the more common term for key is 鍵 (kagi).

The pill sense is more commonly spelled 錠.

鎖 (hiragana じょう, rōmaji -jō, historical hiragana ぢやう)

1. counter for pills or tablets

   この薬 (くすり)は一回 (いっかい)に三 (さん)鎖 (じょう)とのことです。

   Kono kusuri wa ikkai ni sanjō to no koto desu.

   The instructions are to take three pills of this medicine for each dose.

More commonly spelled 錠.

鎖 • (swae) (hangeul 쇄)

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鎖 (toả)

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