鎖

suǒ

lock, padlock; shackles, chains

How to write 鎖, stroke by stroke

to lock; to lock up; a lock (CL:把); old variant of 锁

Pictophonetic: semantic 釒 (metal), phonetic ⺌

Made of 釒 + 貝

封鎖fēng suǒto blockade; to seal off; to lock down
鎖定suǒ dìngto lock (a door); to close with a latch; to lock into place; a lock; a latch; to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten); to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection); to focus attention on; to target
鎖上suǒ shàngto lock; to lock up
門鎖mén suǒdoor lock
鎖門suǒ ménto lock the door
上鎖shàng suǒto lock; to be locked
鎖鏈suǒ liànchains; shackles
連鎖lián suǒto interlock; to be linked; chain (store etc)
枷鎖jiā suǒstocks and chain; in fetters
鎖匙suǒ chí(dialect) key; Taiwan pr. [suo3 shi5]
開鎖kāi suǒto unlock
解鎖jiě suǒto unlock; to release

我太著急了，忘了鎖門。
wǒ tài zhù jí le ， wàng le suǒ mén 。
I was in such a hurry that I forgot to lock the door.
你沒鎖好門，真不小心呢。
nǐ méi suǒ hǎo mén ， zhēn bù xiǎo xīn ne 。
It was careless of you to leave the door unlocked.
你昨天晚上忘了鎖門嗎？
nǐ zuó tiān wǎn shàng wàng le suǒ mén má ？
Did you forget to lock the door last night?
我忘了鎖儲藏室的門。
wǒ wàng le suǒ chǔ cáng shì de mén 。
I forgot to lock the storeroom.
請你出門的時候把門鎖上。
qǐng nǐ chū mén de shí hòu bǎ mén suǒ shàng 。
Please lock the door when you leave.