撞锁 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

zhuàngsuǒ

slam lock

zhuàng knock against

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 童 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

童 Sound component

tóng child

Change in sound

撞 and 童 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
撞 draewng
童 duwng

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	draewng	[N-t]ˤ<r>oŋ	strike
	draewngH	N-tˤ<r>oŋ-s	strike

說文解字

《說文》：“撞，卂擣也。从手，童聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

suǒ lock Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 𭕆 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鎖.

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

𭕆 Sound component

suǒ fragments

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

suǒ lock Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 𧴪 represents the sound.

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn metal

𧴪 Sound component

suǒ fragments

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	swaX	[s]ˤojʔ	chain

說文解字

《說文新附》：“鎖，鐵鎖，門鍵也。从金，聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

撞 zhuàng knock against

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锁 suǒ lock Simplified

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鎖 suǒ lock Traditional

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zhuàng knock against

suǒ lock Simplified

suǒ lock Traditional