suǒ HSK5

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approved by Peter Olson · Dec 23, 2021, 11:09 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Dec 23, 2021, 11:09 PM

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

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal
𧴪
𧴪 Sound component
suǒ fragments

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartswaX[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