Lock the gate.
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锁
Traditional: 鎖 · 鎻
suǒ
HSK 3.0 · 5HSK 2.0 · 5
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suǒ · so2 (Jyutping)
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Character breakdown
锁
- Meaning
- lock, padlock; shackles, chains
- Radical
- 钅
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- ⿰钅⿱⺌贝
- Cangjie
- CFBO
- Four-corner
- 8978
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Example sentences
The lock's broken.
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