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鎖 = 金 + 小 + 貝
鎖 is a Japanese kanji written with 18 strokes, listed here under the keyword “chain”. It is built from 金 (gold), 小 (little) and 貝 (shellfish). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2087.
- Keyword
- chain
- RTK frame
- 2087
- Strokes
- 18
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- サ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- くさり, とざ.す
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- цепь
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 鎖 lock
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 鎖 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “gold” + “little” + “shellfish”. 鎖 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 鎖 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.