鍵

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 See also 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] 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

[edit] 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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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

鍵 (simplified 键, Yale gin6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

鍵

[edit] Readings

• On: けん (ken)
• Kun: かぎ (kagi)

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

• 錠 (じょう, jō)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

鍵 (kiện)