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錠 = 金 + 定

錠 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “lock”. It is built from 金 (gold) and 定 (determine). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 409.

Keyword
lock
RTK frame
409
Strokes
16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジョウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
замок
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
錠 spindle

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 金 gold
  2. 定 determine

How to find 錠 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “gold” + “determine”. 錠 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 錠 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.