钥

Translingual

Etymology

Simplified from 鑰 (龠 → 月)

Han character

钥 (radical 167 钅+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 金月 (CB), 人心月 (OPB), X金月 (XCB))

1. key
2. lock

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1328, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4178, character 7
• Unihan data for U+94A5

Cantonese

Hanzi

钥 (traditional 鑰, Yale yeuk6)

Mandarin

Hanzi

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

Compounds

• 钥匙