锁国

Traditional form:

鎖國

Pinyin (reading):

suǒguó

Definitions:

• to close a country; to exclude foreign contact
• closed country (Qing China, North Korea etc)

Characters:

• 锁 - lock, padlock; chains, shackles
• 国 - country, nation, state; national

Traditional characters:

• 鎖 - lock, padlock; chains, shackles
• 國 - country, nation, state; national