鍵

See also: 键

Translingual

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, composition ⿰金建)

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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Chinese

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trad.		鍵
simp.		键

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàn (jian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): kiān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: chien⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin⁶
    • Yale: gihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kiːn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiān
    • Tâi-lô: kiān
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (鍵, reconstructed)
Character (鍵), Pronunciation 1/3
Initial: 群 (30) Final: 仙 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 渠焉切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɡiᴇn/	/gi̯ɛn/	/ɡiɛn/	/ɡiɛn/	/gian/	/ɡĭɛn/	/ɡjæn/
Character (鍵), Pronunciation 2/3
Initial: 群 (30) Final: 元 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 其偃切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɡɨɐnX/	/gɨ̯ɐnX/	/ɡiɐnX/	/ɡiɐnX/	/gɨanX/	/ɡĭɐnX/	/ɡiɐnX/
Character (鍵), Pronunciation 3/3
Initial: 群 (30) Final: 仙 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 其輦切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɡiᴇnX/	/gi̯ɛnX/	/ɡiɛnX/	/ɡiɛnX/	/gianX/	/ɡĭɛnX/	/ɡjænX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (鍵, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
鍵					6211					建					元					1					乾					/*ɡran/
鍵					6213					建					元					1					件					/*ɡranʔ/
鍵					6222					建					元					1					寋					/*ɡanʔ/

Definitions

鍵

1. ^† door bolt, lock bolt
2. key (in electronic devices)
3. to type

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Japanese

Kanji

鍵

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: ごん (gon)
• Kan’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 (geon) (hangeul 건, revised geon, McCune-Reischauer kŏn, Yale ken)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鍵 (kiện)

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