鎖

鎖 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 金火月金 (CFBC), four-corner 8918₆, composition ⿰釒𧴪)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1317, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40708
• Dae Jaweon: page 1817, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4240, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9396

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *soːlʔ) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 𧴪 ().

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鎖

1. (countable) lock (something used for fastening) (Classifier: 把 m c)

   這輛車沒有鎖。／这辆车没有锁。  ―  Zhè liàng chē méiyǒu suǒ.  ―  This car has no lock.

2. lock-shaped thing
3. (computing) lock (mutex or other token restricting access to a resource)
4. chain
5. (transitive) to lock; to lock up

   鎖門／锁门  ―  suǒmén  ―  to lock the doors

   這輛車沒有鎖。／这辆车没有锁。  ―  Zhè liàng chē méiyǒu suǒ.  ―  This car is not locked.

6. to seal; to close; to seal off
7. to lockstitch
8. a surname: Suo

• (lock):

• (to seal): 封閉／封闭 (fēngbì), 封鎖／封锁 (fēngsuǒ)

• (antonym(s) of “to seal”): 開放／开放 (kāifàng)

• → Zhuang: suj
• via Old Chinese:
  • → Burmese: သော့ (sau.)
  • → Mon: သအ်
  • → Khmer: សោ (sao)
  • → Shan: သေႃး (sáu)
  • → Khün: ᨪᩳ
  • → Lü: ᦌᦸ (soa)
• →⇒ Middle Korean: 솨줄〮 (swàcwúl)
• → Old Uyghur: swʾ (sua)
  • ⇒ Old Uyghur: swlʾ- (suala-)

• “鎖”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

• Go-on: さ (sa, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: さ (sa, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: じょう (jō)^{←じやう (zyau, historical)}
• Kun: くさり (kusari, 鎖, Jōyō); さす (sasu, 鎖す); つがる (tsugaru, 鎖る); とざす (tozasu, 鎖す)

Noun derived from the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 鏈る (kusaru, “to be linked together, to link together”).[2][3]

• 鐺, 鏈, 鉧, 鏁

• (Tokyo) くさり [kùsárí] (Heiban – [0])[4][3]
• (Tokyo) くさり​ [kùsáríꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[3]
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟̊ᵝsa̠ɾʲi]

鎖(くさり) • (kusari) 

1. a chain
   • 1999 March 1, “聖(せい)なる鎖(くさり) [Holy Chain]”, in Booster 1, Konami:

     聖(せい)なる力(ちから)で、動(うご)きを封(ふう)じることができると言(い)われている鎖(くさり)。

     Seinaru chikara de, ugoki o fūjiru koto ga dekiru to iwareteiru kusari.

     This chain is said to be able to seal all movements with its holy power.

• 鎖(くさり)鎌(がま) (kusari-gama): a chain sickle
• 鎖(くさり)分(ふん)銅(どう) (kusari fundō): a weighted chain
• 鎖(くさり)具(ぐ)足(そく) (kusari gusoku): chain armour

• 鏈(くさ)る (kusaru): to be linked together, to link together

Noun derived from the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 鎖す (tozasu, “to shut and lock a door or gate”).[2][3]

• IPA^(key): [to̞za̠ɕi]

鎖(とざし) • (tozashi) 

1. the closing and locking of a door or gate
2. a door or gate so closed and locked
3. a bar or other device used to lock a door or gate

• 鎖(とざ)す, 閉(と)ざす (tozasu): to close and lock a door or gate

Noun derived from the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 連る (tsugaru, “to continue, to lead onto the next, to be connected; to connect or link together”).[2][3]

• 鎖り, 連, 連り, 繋り, 綴り, 縋り

• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝɡa̠ɾʲi]

鎖(つがり) • (tsugari) 

1. a connection, linkage, or continuation
2. (rare) a chain
3. a string of items tied together
4. the part of the opening of a drawstring bag through which the string is passed

• 鎖る, 連る, 繋る, 綴る, 縋る (tsugaru): to continue, to lead onto the next, to be connected; to connect or link together

From Middle Chinese 鎻 or 鎖 (MC swaX). Compare modern Mandarin 鎖／锁 (suǒ, “lock, padlock; shackles, chains”).

Only used in compounds in modern Japanese.

• IPA^(key): [sa̠]

鎖(さ) • (sa) 

1. a chain, linkage, or continuation
2. a lock or barrier

Alteration from sau, itself an alternative reading of sa above, possibly influenced by an early variety of Mandarin reading suǒ or Cantonese reading so².[2] The shift from sau to jau (modern jō) was probably the influence of the reading of synonymous character 錠 (jō).

/sa/ → /sau/ → /d͡ʑau/ → /d͡ʑoː/

• 錠

• (Tokyo) じょー [jòó] (Heiban – [0])[4][3]
• (Tokyo) じょ​ー [jóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ː]

鎖(じょう) • (jō) ^{←ぢやう (dyau)?}

1. (pitch 0) a metal bar used to lock shut a gate, door, chest, or other opening
2. (pitch 0) a key used to lock or unlock such an opening
3. (pitch 1) a pill or tablet

The senses have different pitch accents. A low starting pitch is used for the lock or key meanings, while a high starting pitch is used for the pill or tablet meanings.

The alternative spelling 錠 was originally an ateji, but in reference to openings, the meaning was limited to key, while the lock sense was spelled 鎖. In modern Japanese, these characters are largely interchangeable for both lock and key senses. However, the more common term for key is 鍵 (kagi).

The pill sense is more commonly spelled 錠.

鎖(じょう) • (-jō) ^{←ぢやう (dyau)?}

1. counter for pills or tablets

   この薬(くすり)は一(いっ)回(かい)に三(さん)鎖(じょう)とのことです。

   Kono kusuri wa ikkai ni sanjō to no koto desu.

   The instructions are to take three pills of this medicine for each dose.

More commonly spelled 錠.

鎖 • (swae) (hangeul 쇄)

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鎖: Hán Nôm readings: tỏa/toả, khóa/khoá, sõa/soã, tủa, xõa/xoã, tuở, tỏe/toẻ, sỏa/soả

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