to lock up / to lock / lock / CL:把[ba3]

= + + : Susan Saint Bernard (su) saved one of the last aloe vera (⺌) plants by locking (锁) it in a web made of spider silk in the observatory (o3). The crab (贝) wants to steal the aloe and tries to break the container open using a golden harpoon (钅).
old variant of 鎖|锁[suo3]

= + + : Susan Saint Bernard (su) saved one of the last aloe vera (⺌) plants by locking (锁) it in a web made of spider silk in the observatory (o3). The crab (贝) wants to steal the aloe and tries to break the container open using a golden harpoon (钅).

锁 character breakdown

surname Bei
cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a crab. In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), the Neanderthal man (人) and Beelzebub (b) are fighting a crab with staplers (⺆), but because the Neanderthal man (人) can't handle the stapler he accidentally staples himself in the forehead.
Character component without intrinsic meaning

Mnemonic symbol: ⺌ looks a bit like an aloe vera plant. Marie Curie planted aloe vera plants in the aorta's living room.
Character component without intrinsic meaning

Mnemonic symbol: a golden harpoon.

Characters with 锁 as component

锁 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 锁

to blockade / to seal off / to lock down
stocks and chain / in fetters
blockade line; cordon / CL:道[dao4]
blockade line / CL:道[dao4]
lit. fettered by fame and locked up by riches (idiom); tied down by reputation and wealth / the victim of one's own success
locked in (with the door locked from the outside)
pin tumbler lock / spring lock
One key opens one lock. / There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
to pick a lock / to force a lock
built-in lock
in stocks / in fetter for punishment
locked in (with the door locked from the outside)

Sentences with 锁

锁 currently does not appear in any sentence.