鑰

See also 钥

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 金 + phonetic 龠

Han character

鑰 (radical 167 金+17, 25 strokes, cangjie input 金人一月 (COMB), four-corner 8812₇)

1. key
2. lock

References

• KangXi: page 1326, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41051
• Dae Jaweon: page 1828, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4273, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9470

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鑰 (simplified 钥, Yale yeuk6)

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Japanese

Kanji

鑰

Readings

• On: やく (yaku)
• Kun: かぎ (kagi)

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Korean

Hanja

鑰 (hangeul 약, revised yak, McCune-Reischauer yak, Yale yak)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鑰 (simplified 钥, pinyin yào (yao4), Wade-Giles yao⁴)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

鑰 (iɑk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鑰 (dược, thược, thước)