鍵

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See also: 键
鍵 U+9375, 鍵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9375
← 鍴
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鍶 →

Translingual

Han character

鍵 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金弓大手 (CNKQ), four-corner 85140, composition ⿰釒建)

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1315, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40654
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1815, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4225, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+9375

Chinese

trad. 鍵
simp. 键
2nd round simp. 𰽢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (建) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
犍 *ɡran, *kan
騝 *ɡran, *kan
鍵 *ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ
揵 *ɡran, *kanʔ
鞬 *kan
腱 *kan, *ɡans
湕 *kanʔ
建 *kans
旔 *kans
楗 *ɡanʔ
健 *ɡans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 建 (OC *kans) – a metal key.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 鍵 鍵 鍵
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 群 (30) 群 (30) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 仙 (79) 元 (65) 仙 (79)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III III III
Fanqie 渠焉切 其偃切 其輦切
Baxter gjen gjonX gjenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡˠiᴇn/ /ɡɨɐnX/ /ɡˠiᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡᵚiɛn/ /ɡiɐnX/ /ɡᵚiɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡiæn/ /ɡiɐnX/ /ɡiænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/gian/ /gɨanX/ /gianX/
Li
Rong 		/ɡjɛn/ /ɡiɐnX/ /ɡjɛnX/
Wang
Li 		/ɡĭɛn/ /ɡĭɐnX/ /ɡĭɛnX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/gi̯ɛn/ /gɨ̯ɐnX/ /gi̯ɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qián jiàn jiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		kin4 gin6 gin6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鍵 鍵 鍵
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 6211 6213 6222
Phonetic
component 		建 建 建
Rime
group 		元 元 元
Rime
subdivision 		1 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		乾 件 寋
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡran/ /*ɡranʔ/ /*ɡanʔ/

Definitions

鍵

  1. † door bolt, lock bolt
  2. (music) key (lever on a musical keyboard)
    琴鍵／琴键  ―  qínjiàn  ―  key
  3. key (button on a typewriter or computer keyboard)
    空格鍵／空格键  ―  kōnggé jiàn  ―  the Escape key
    9鍵拼音／9键拼音  ―  jiǔjiàn pīnyīn  ―  9-key pinyin (a way of pinyin using a 9-key keyboard)
  4. to type
  5. (chemistry) bond
    離子鍵／离子键  ―  lízǐjiàn  ―  ionic bond
  6. (computing) key (value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

鍵

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: ごん (gon)、げん (gen)
  • Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)
  • Kun: かぎ (kagi, 鍵, Jōyō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鍵
かぎ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
鑰
 鍵 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

 鍵 (曖昧さ回避) on Japanese Wikipedia

Noun

鍵(かぎ) • (kagi) 

  1. key (tool for opening or locking something)
  2. key; clue (important fact for solving something)
  3. lock

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鍵
けん
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

鍵(けん) • (ken) 

  1. (computing) key
  2. (music) key
Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 鍵 (MC gjen|gjonX). Recorded as Middle Korean 건〮 (kén) (Yale: ken) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

鍵 (eumhun 열쇠 건 (yeolsoe geon))

  1. hanja form? of 건 (“key”)

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

鍵: Hán Nôm readings: kiện

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