Chinese symbol for “deadlock”
死锁
sǐ suǒ
Traditional: 死鎖
deadlock (computing)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for deadlock is 死锁 (sǐ suǒ), defined as: deadlock (computing).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “deadlock”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 僵局 | jiāng jú | impasse; deadlock |
| 僵 | jiāng | rigid; deadlock |
| 死局 | sǐ jú | hopeless situation; deadlock |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 死锁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 死亡 | sǐ wáng | to die; death |
| 杀死 (殺死) | shā sǐ | to kill |
| 死刑 | sǐ xíng | death penalty; capital punishment |
| 死者 | sǐ zhě | the dead; the deceased |
| 死去 | sǐ qù | to die |
| 打死 | dǎ sǐ | to kill; to beat to death |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “deadlock”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.