Memory phrase for the character: 鎖

鎖

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chain, shut, link

SA
kusari

Left: metal, gold 金 (Covered

in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: small 小 money 貝 (=small change)

(If you punch a hole into the coins:) The metal of small change can be used as a chain.

金	gold, metal	This radical is always on the left side of a character.
小	small	A person \| with two arms 八 close to the body is small (compare with big 大, which is a person with widely spread arms and legs).
貝	money	Shows a cowries-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八, which were used as money.

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連鎖反応	れんさはんのう	chain reaction
封鎖	ふうさ	blockade, freezing (funds)
鎖	くさり	chain
閉鎖	へいさ	closing, closure, shutdown, lockout, unsociable

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