鎖
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suǒ · lock, padlock

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Writing notes

Shape and proportion

18Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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釒Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 鎖

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Example sentences

Notice where 鎖 sits in each complete thought.

Wǒ zǒng shì suǒ shàng wǒ de fáng jiàn.我總是鎖上我的房間。

I always lock my room.

Source: Tatoeba #2174226 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ méi suǒ hǎo mén, zhēn bù xiǎo xīn ne.你沒鎖好門,真不小心呢。

It was careless of you to leave the door unlocked.

Source: Tatoeba #344226 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ tài zhù jí le, wàng le suǒ mén.我太著急了,忘了鎖門。

I was in such a hurry that I forgot to lock the door.

Source: Tatoeba #12387607 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ méi suǒ hǎo nǐ de jū má?你沒鎖好你的車嗎?

Didn't you lock your bike up?

Source: Tatoeba #10258151 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ wàng le suǒ chǔ cáng shì de mén.我忘了鎖儲藏室的門。

I forgot to lock the storeroom.

Source: Tatoeba #437748 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yǒu rén bǎ wǒ suǒ zài zhè fáng jiàn lǐ.有人把我鎖在這房間裡。

Someone locked me in the room.

Source: Tatoeba #2174223 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 鎖 in context

  1. Say suǒ, then recall the core meaning: lock, padlock.
  2. Write all 18 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 鎖 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.