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Where does “鎖” come from?

鎖 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鏈る — to be linked together, to link together.

鎖 (Japanese): a chain; the closing and locking of a door or...

Definitions

  1. a chain; the closing and locking of a door or...

Ancestry of “鎖”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鏈るto be linked together, to link together

Words derived from “鎖”

  • kusarigama
  • 錠
  • 鎖分銅
  • 鎖鎌術
  • 鎖鎌
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