鍵

鍵

See also: 键

鍵 U+9375, 鍵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9375 ← 鍴 [U+9374] CJK Unified Ideographs 鍶 → [U+9376]

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

• 𧃑

Descendants

• 键 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• KangXi: 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

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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, OC *ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 建 (OC *kans) – a metal key.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàn (jian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiān / kiàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giang⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴
    • Yale: jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
    • Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin⁶
    • Yale: gihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiān
    • Tâi-lô: kiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kien
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɛn³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn
    • Tâi-lô: kiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiexn
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiaŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡˠiᴇn/, /ɡɨɐn^X/, /ɡˠiᴇn^X/

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
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛn/	/gɨ̯ɐnX/	/gi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qián	jiàn	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kin4	gin6	gin6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡran/, /*ɡranʔ/, /*ɡanʔ/

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. key (in electronic devices)

   9鍵拼音／9键拼音  ―  jiǔjiàn pīnyīn  ―  9-key pinyin (a way of pinyin using a 9-key keyboard)

3. to type
4. (chemistry) bond

Compounds

一鍵／一键 (yījiàn) 三鍵／三键 (sānjiàn) 二硫鍵／二硫键 (èrliújiàn) 共價鍵／共价键 (gòngjiàjiàn) 化學鍵／化学键 (huàxuéjiàn) 古鍵琴／古键琴 (gǔjiànqín) 單鍵／单键 (dānjiàn) 大鍵琴／大键琴 (dàjiànqín) 扃鍵／扃键 按鍵／按键 (ànjiàn)

氫鍵／氢键 (qīngjiàn) 白鍵／白键 (báijiàn) 筦鍵／筦键 肽鍵／肽键 (tàijiàn) 胜鍵／胜键 轉換鍵／转换键 鈐鍵／钤键 鍵屋／键屋 鍵盤／键盘 (jiànpán)

鍵盤樂器／键盘乐器 (jiànpán yuèqì) 關鍵／关键 (guānjiàn) 關鍵時刻／关键时刻 關鍵期／关键期 關鍵球／关键球 雙硫鍵／双硫键 (shuāngliújiàn) 雙鍵／双键 (shuāngjiàn) 離子鍵／离子键 (lízǐjiàn) 黑鍵／黑键 (hēijiàn)

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Japanese

Kanji

鍵

(common “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

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) かぎ​ [kàgíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1][2][3][4]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡʲi]

• • Homophone: 鉤

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

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) け​ん [kéꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][4][3]
• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɴ]

• • Homophones: けん, 件, 見, 券, 妍, 県, 兼, 剣, 拳, 乾, 険, 嶮, 圏, 間, 腱, 権, 賢, 壎, 塤, 顕, 軒

Noun

鍵(けん) • (ken) 

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

Derived terms

• 鍵盤(けんばん) (kenban): keyboard
• 白鍵(はっけん) (hakken): white key
• 黒鍵(こっけん) (kokken): black key

See also

• 錠(じょう) (jō)

References

1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 鍵 (MC ɡˠiᴇn, ɡɨɐn^X). Recorded as Middle Korean 건〮 (kén) (Yale: ken) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource鍵 (eumhun 열쇠 건 (yeolsoe geon))

1. Hanja form^? of 건 (“key”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 관건 (關鍵, gwan'geon, “key element”)
• 건반 (鍵盤, geonban, “(music) keyboard”)
• 백건 (白鍵, baekgeon, “white key (of a piano, etc.)”)
• 흑건 (黑鍵, heukgeon, “black key (of a piano, etc.)”)

References

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

鍵: Hán Nôm readings: kiện

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