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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- suo3
- English meanings
- to lock up, to lock, lock, old variant of 鎖|锁[suo3]
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 钅; right (Top–bottom arrangement: top ⺌; bottom 贝.).
Meaning & sound clues
钅 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “metal”.
⺌ is identified as the sound component. Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 锁.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
suck; tremble; verbose
that which
shuttle
rope; to search; to demand
shrink; contract; reduce
to withdraw
lock; chain
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 封锁
- 拉锁
- 连锁
- 连锁店
- 锁定