Kanji 鎖: "chain, irons, connection"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 鎖

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 鎖くさりchain; chains
• 閉へい鎖さclosing; closure · shutdown; lockout
• 封ふう鎖さblockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area) · freezing (funds)
• 連れん鎖さchain; series; connection · linkage
• 鎖さ骨こつcollarbone; clavicle
• 閉へい鎖さ的てきinsular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
• 鎖さ国こくnational isolation; closing the country (to foreigners) · sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
• 鎖くさり帷子かたびらchain mail (armor, armour)
• 食しょく物もつ連れん鎖さfood chain
• 金かな鎖ぐさりmetal chain
• 鉄てっ鎖さiron chain
• 連れん鎖さ反はん応のうchain reaction · nuclear chain reaction

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