Memory phrase for the character: 鎖
鎖
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Meaning
chain, shut, link
Pronunciation
SA kusari
Explanation
Left: metal, gold 金 (Covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: small 小 money 貝 (=small change)
Mnemonic
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(If you punch a hole into the coins:) The metal of small change can be used as a chain.
Radicals
金
gold, metal This radical is always on the left side of a character.
小
small A person | with two arms 八 close to the body is small (compare with big 大, which is a person with widely spread arms and legs).
貝
money Shows a cowries-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八, which were used as money.
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Vocabulary
連鎖反応
れんさはんのう
chain reaction
6676
封鎖
ふうさ
blockade, freezing (funds)
2090
鎖
くさり
chain
6191
閉鎖
へいさ
closing, closure, shutdown, lockout, unsociable
6213
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