Memory phrase for the character: 锁

锁

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Meaning

to lock up, to lock

Pronunciation

suǒ

Explanation

 Left: metal 钅/金, right: small 小 and money 贝/貝

Mnemonic
 
It's made of metal to lock-up your small change: The lock.

Radicals

金 gold, metalThis radical is always on the left side of a character.
小 smallA person with tight arms appears small.
贝 shell, moneyThis is simplified from 貝, which showed a cowries-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八 that was used as money.




 Vocabulary

封锁 fēng suǒ  to blockade; to seal off
枷锁 jiā suǒ  stocks and chain; in fetters
连锁 lián suǒ  to interlock; to be linked; chain (store etc)
锁呐 suǒ nà  suona, Chinese shawm
锁掣 suǒ chè  catch (of a lock)
 

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