鎖
- Kanji
- 鎖
- Level
- N1
- Meaning
- Chain, lock
- On'yomi
- サ
- Kun'yomi
- くさり, とざ.す
- Strokes
- 18
- Common compounds
鎖 (くさり) Chain 施錠 (せじょう) Locking 連鎖 (れんさ) Chain, concatenation
- Memory hook
The 'metal' radical (金) combined with 'small' (少) and 'head' (頁 - phonetic, representing a small, strong head of a chain link). A 'chain' is made of many 'small' 'metal' links.