EntryCommonWaniKani 58
  1. Noun

    lock; padlock

    ドアにかんぬきをし、錠をかけた。
    We barred the door and locked it.
  2. Noun, Counter

    tablet; pill

Also written 鎖【じょう】鏁【じょう】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lock, fetters, shackles

On
ジョウ
Strokes
16
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1934 of 2500
Radical
gold
WaniKani
Level 58

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Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-8-8SKIP code
8a8.12The Kanji Dictionary
8318.1Four corner code
2870deroo
9320Unicode hex code
1-30-91JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4874Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6293New Nelson (John Haig)
1737New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2180Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1143Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1548Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
383Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
409Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
751A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1745Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
40559Morohashi
1423A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1818Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1967Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1852Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1859Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1604Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1827Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
389Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ding4Pinyin reading
jeongKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
58WaniKani level