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錠

JLPT N1 · 16 strokes

The kanji 錠 — “lock; tablet”

錠 means lock; tablet and is a JLPT N1 kanji. It has 16 strokes and uses the gold / metal radical (金).

Stroke order · 16 strokes

On'yomi (音読み): ジョウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み): —
Radical: 金 · gold / metal
Strokes: 16

How to remember 錠

Fixing something firmly (定) with metal (金) — a lock. 錠剤 (tablet); 手錠 means handcuffs — a kanji for detective dramas!

Example words with 錠

On'yomi readings

錠剤じょうざいtablet (pill)
手錠てじょうhandcuffs

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