鑰

See also: 钥

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1326, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41051
• Dae Jaweon: page 1828, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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／形声, OC *lowɢ) : semantic 金 + phonetic 龠 (OC *lowɢ).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鑰

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 𨷲 (“bolt”).
2. lock (device or mechanism)
3. key (to a lock)
4. (figurative) key (to something)
5. (figurative) strategic place
6. a surname

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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

(deprecated template usage) 鑰 (dược, thược, thước)

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