鑰

See also: 钥

鑰 U+9470, 鑰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9470 ← 鑯 [U+946F] CJK Unified Ideographs 鑱 → [U+9471]

Contents

Translingual

Han character

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

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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Chinese

trad.		鑰
simp.		钥*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (龠) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
讑	*lowɢs
籲	*los
爚	*hljowɢ, *lowɢ
禴	*lowɢ
蘥	*lowɢ
鑰	*lowɢ
瀹	*lowɢ
龠	*lowɢ
籥	*lowɢ
鸙	*lowɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *lowɢ): semantic 金 + phonetic 龠 (OC *lowɢ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yào, yuè (yao⁴, yue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ, ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶
• Jin (Wiktionary): yeh⁴
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): io̍k / ia̍k / io̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iag⁴ / ghuêh⁸

• Wu (Wiktionary): hhiaq (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yào
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaw
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yào
    • IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
    • IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/

Note:

• yào - vernacular (in 鑰匙);
• yuè - literary.

Cantonese

• (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  • Jyutping: joek⁶
  • Yale: yeuhk
  • Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹
  • Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶
  • IPA ^(key): /jœ̽ːk̚²/

Jin

• (Taiyuan)⁺
  • Wiktionary: yeh⁴
  • IPA (old-style): /yəʔ²/

Min Nan

• (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍k
  • Tâi-lô: io̍k
  • Phofsit Daibuun: iok
  • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔk̚⁴/
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚²⁴/
• (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍k
  • Tâi-lô: ia̍k
  • Phofsit Daibuun: iak
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iak̚¹²¹/
• (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍h
  • Tâi-lô: io̍h
  • Phofsit Daibuun: ioih
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /ioʔ²⁴/
  • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ioʔ⁴/
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ioʔ¹²¹/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤʔ⁴/

Note:

• io̍k/ia̍k - literary;
• io̍h - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: iag⁴ / ghuêh⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iak / gue̍h
  • IPA ^(key): /iak̚²/, /ɡueʔ⁴/

Note:

• iag4 - literary;
• ghuêh8 - vernacular.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: hhiaq (T5)
  • IPA ^(key): /ɦia̱ʔ¹²/

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• Middle Chinese: /jɨɐk̚/▼

Rime
Character	鑰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以灼切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/iɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨak̚/
Li Rong	/iak̚/
Wang Li	/jĭak̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuè

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*lowɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鑰
Reading #	1/1
No.	16347
Phonetic component	龠
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	藥
Old Chinese	/*lowɢ/

Definitions

鑰

1. Alternative form of 𨷲 (“bolt”).
2. lock (device or mechanism)
3. key (to a lock)
4. (figuratively) key (to something)
5. (figuratively) strategic place
6. A surname​.

Compounds

• 北門鎖鑰／北门锁钥
• 匙鑰／匙钥
• 寶鑰／宝钥
• 市鑰／市钥

• 渤海鎖鑰／渤海锁钥
• 萬能鑰匙／万能钥匙
• 金鑰匙／金钥匙 (jīnyàoshi)
• 鎖鑰／锁钥 (suǒyuè)

• 鑰匙／钥匙 (yàoshi)
• 鑰匙圈／钥匙圈 (yàoshiquān)
• 鑰管／钥管

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Japanese

Kanji

鑰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. lock

Readings

• On (unclassified): やく (yaku)
• Kun: かぎ (kagi)

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Korean

Hanja

鑰 • (yak) (hangeul 약, revised yak, McCune–Reischauer yak, Yale yak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鑰 (dược, thược, thước)

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