锁 — Chinese character
锁
suǒ
lock, padlock; chains, shackles
- Pinyin
- suǒ
- Radical
- 167 ⾦ (Gold)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 钅 贝
- Formation
- pictophonetic — metal; meaning component 钅; sound component ⺌
- Traditional
- 鎖
Common words with 锁
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 封锁 (封鎖) | fēng suǒ | to blockade; to seal off |
| 锁定 (鎖定) | suǒ dìng | to lock (a door); to close with a latch |
| 连锁 (連鎖) | lián suǒ | to interlock; to be linked |
| 连锁店 (連鎖店) | lián suǒ diàn | chain store |
| 解锁 (解鎖) | jiě suǒ | to unlock; to release |
| 枷锁 (枷鎖) | jiā suǒ | stocks and chain; in fetters |
| 锁链 (鎖鏈) | suǒ liàn | chains; shackles |
| 锁上 (鎖上) | suǒ shàng | to lock; to lock up |
| 开锁 (開鎖) | kāi suǒ | to unlock |
| 门锁 (門鎖) | mén suǒ | door lock |
| 闭锁 (閉鎖) | bì suǒ | to lock |
| 连锁反应 (連鎖反應) | lián suǒ fǎn yìng | (physics) chain reaction; (idiom) chain reaction; series of events each caused by the previous one |
English words written with 锁
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.