Chinese symbol for “latch”
锁定
suǒ dìng
Traditional: 鎖定
to lock (a door); to close with a latch; to lock into place; a lock
The closest CC-CEDICT match for latch is 锁定 (suǒ dìng), defined as: to lock (a door); to close with a latch; to lock into place; a lock; a latch; to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “latch”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锁存器 (鎖存器) | suǒ cún qì | latch (electronic) |
| 锁闩 (鎖閂) | suǒ shuān | latch; bolt (to lock a door or window) |
| 闩 (閂) | shuān | bolt; latch |
| 卡榫 | kǎ sǔn | clip; latch (on a clip-into-place component) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 锁定.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 封锁 (封鎖) | fēng suǒ | to blockade; to seal off |
| 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 |
| 决定 (決定) | jué dìng | to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng)) |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
| 规定 (規定) | guī dìng | to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations |
See also: Japanese symbol for “latch”.
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.