錠 – lock, fetters, shackles

16 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1934 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 錠 means lock, fetters, shackles. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジョウ (jou). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 金 (no. 167).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジョウ	jou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 金 (Kangxi radical 167). Components: 金・疋・宀.

Words using 錠

手錠てじょうhandcuffs

Example sentences

抗議することもできないうちに、僕は手錠をかけられ、留置場に送られていた。

Before I could protest, I was handcuffed and was on my way to prison.

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Kanji with the same radical

金銀針録鉄鈴銭銃鋼鎖鉱鑑銘鋭銅鏡

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