Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "锁", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "锁", and master the standard way of writing the character "锁".
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锁 (suǒ)
1. A metal device added to the opening or connection of doors, windows, or objects, which can only be opened with keys, passwords, magnetic cards, etc.
例: 门锁 (door lock), 密码锁 (password lock), 锁钥 (lock key).
2. To lock up.
例: 把门锁上 (lock the door).
3. Chain; chain link.
例: 锁链 (lock chain), 枷锁 (shackles), 长命锁 (longevity lock).
4. To close; to confine.
例: 闭关锁国 (close the country), 经济封锁 (economic blockade).
5. To tighten; to wrinkle.
例: 愁眉深锁 (furrowed brow).
6. A sewing method that tightly stitches along the edges of fabric or buttonholes.
例: 锁边 (locked edges), 锁扣眼 (locked buttonhole).
7. A surname.
例: 锁姓 (the surname Suo).
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锁 (suǒ)
1. (Noun)
- (Phono-Semantic Compound)
- A fastener placed on objects that can be opened or closed, which is opened with a key or a password (like a code mechanism, timed mechanism, automatic release switch, or magnetic solenoid).
2. An iron device made of iron rings for punishment.
例: 锁靠 (a device to bind the wrists); 锁韁 (shackles).
3. Chain.
例: 锁子 (chain link); 锁甲 (chain mail).
4. A surname.
锁 (suǒ)
1. (Verb)
- To lock; to secure with a lock.
例: 锁闭 (to lock up); 锁禁 (to be confined).
2. To shrink and form wrinkles.
例: 锁黛 (beauty with furrowed brows); 双眉紧锁 (brows tightly knitted).
3. To sew.
例: 锁边 (locked edge); 锁眼 (lock stitch).
4. To bind or restrain.
例: 锁缚 (to bind with chains or ropes); 锁士 (a confined scholar).
5. To close; seal.
例: 锁印 (to seal); 锁国 (to close the country).
to lock (a door) / to close with a latch / to lock into place / a lock / a latch / to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten) / to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection) / to focus attention on / to target