锁
suǒ HSK5

lock

锁 鎖 suǒ frequency
variant 鎻
to lock verb
to secure or fasten something with a lock; to lock up

他把你锁在外面了吗？

tā bǎ nǐ suǒ zài wài​miàn le ma?

Did he lock you out?

她被锁在一个有电视的房间里。

tā bèi suǒ zài yī​ge yǒu diàn​shì de fáng​jiān li.

She was locked in a room with a television.

lock noun
a device used to secure a door, container, or vehicle, opened by a key, code, or fingerprint

这把锁看起来很新。

zhè bǎ suǒ kàn​qi​lai hěn xīn.

This lock looks brand-new.

锁 鎖 suǒ
chain noun
(bound form) a chain made of interlocking metal rings
to block verb
to close off, surround, or envelop, such as with fog or a military blockade
to frown
to knit or furrow one's brows as a sign of worry or concentration
to lockstitch
to sew along the edge of fabric or a buttonhole with a dense, overlapping stitch to prevent fraying
surname Suo
a Chinese surname
shackles
(bound form) fetters, manacles, or similar restraints used to bind a prisoner

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Frequency
Character
Written text
1,558th most common 65.3 per million
Movie subtitles
991st most common 105.5 per million appears in 38% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
83.2 per million appears in 25% of films
Written text
28.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Traditional
鎖
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+9501

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)