JLPT N1 kanji · Chapter 56

鎖 kanji: meaning, readings and stroke order

chain; close off

On
サsa
Kun
くさりkusari

Onreadings from Chinese, in katakanaKunJapanese readings, in hiraganaOn’yomi vs Kun’yomi

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鎖18 strokes

How to write 鎖: stroke order

鎖 has 18 strokes. Each step adds the next stroke in red, with a dot where it starts. Tap the large character above to watch it written again.

鎖 stroke order diagram with numbered strokes
The stroke order of 鎖 in one diagram: each number marks where its stroke starts.

Kanji stroke order: The 10 rules, with animated examples

Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel and contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Parts of 鎖

The parts 鎖 is built from, each highlighted where it sits. Parts that are kanji themselves link to their own page.

  • 金

    money; gold

    Radical

  • ⺌ (小)

    small

  • 貝

    shellfish; shell

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JLPT N1 kanji · Chapter 56