鍵

See also 键

Translingual

simpl.		键
trad.		鍵

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 建 – a metal key.

Han character

鍵 (radical 167 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金弓大手 (CNKQ), four-corner 8514₀)

1. door bolt, lock bolt
2. key

Descendants

• 键

References

• KangXi: page 1315, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40654
• Dae Jaweon: page 1815, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4225, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9375

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鍵 (simplified 键, jyutping gin6, Yale gin6)

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Japanese

Kanji

鍵 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: けん (ken)
• Kun: かぎ (kagi)

Noun

鍵 (hiragana かぎ, romaji kagi)

1. a tool for opening or locking something; a key
2. an important fact for solving something; a key; a clue

鍵 (hiragana けん, romaji ken)

1. (music) a key

See also

• 錠 (じょう, jō)

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Korean

Hanja

鍵 (hangeul 건, revised geon, McCune-Reischauer kŏn, Yale ken)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鍵 (simplified 键, pinyin jiàn (jian4), Wade-Giles chien⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鍵 (kiện)