Translingual

Han character

錠 (radical 167 金+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 金十一人 (CJMO), four-corner 8318₁, composition ⿰金定)

1. spindle, slab, cake, tablet
2. lock, padlock, seal

References

• KangXi: page 1311, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40559
• Dae Jaweon: page 1812, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4224, character 10
• Unihan data for U+9320

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pronunciation

Definitions

錠

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Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: じょう (jō) < ぢやう (jau), ちょう (chō) < ちやう (chau) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: てい (tei) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kun: じょうまえ (jōmae) (non-Jōyō reading)

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 錠 ‎(/*diaŋ/). Compare modern Mandarin traditional 錠 and simplified 锭 ‎(dìng).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• じょう (Heiban)^[1]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑʲo̞ː]

Alternative forms

• 鎖

Noun

錠 ‎(hiragana じょう, romaji jō, historical hiragana じやう)

1. a device used to make a door unopenable: a lock
   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 367)^[2]

     Iŏ. ジャウ (鎖) 錠. 例, Iŏuo vorosu. (鎖を下ろす) 錠をおろす. Iŏuo aquru. (鎖を開くる) 錠をあける.

See also

• 鍵 (かぎ, ​kagi): a key

Etymology 2

Compound of 鎖 ‎(jō, “chain”) +‎ 前 ‎(mae, “front”), in reference to the padlock on the front of a chain keeping a door or gate closed. The use of 錠 is an example of ateji.^[3]

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• じょうまえ (Heiban)^[1]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑʲo̞ːma̠e̞]

Alternative forms

• 錠前

Noun

錠 ‎(hiragana じょうまえ, romaji jōmae, historical hiragana ぢやうまへ) (rare)

1. Alternative spelling of 錠前 a lock, a padlock

References

1. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
2. ↑ Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-080021-1, published 1980.
3. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Korean

Hanja

錠 • ‎(jeong) (hangeul 정, revised jeong, McCune-Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

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