Kanji
N1 16 strokes Grade 8 freq #1934

lock, fetters, shackles

On'yomi (音読み)

Radical (部首)

gold kane

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

lock; padlock
handcuffs; manacles
pill; lozenge
locking
unlocking
bolt
door separating the inner castle from the outer castle (Edo period)
sublingual tablet
tablet candy; tablet-shaped sweets
rim lock

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

combination lock
breaking a lock; picking a lock
cylinder lock
to fasten a lock
to lock; to fasten a lock

Example sentences

The lock is broken.

I'm a lock without a key.

I put handcuffs on him.

I can't swallow these tablets without a drink of water.