See also:
U+9375, 鍵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9375

[U+9374]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9376]

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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

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trad.
simp.
2nd round simp. 𰽢

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ) : semantic (metal) + phonetic (OC *kans) – a metal key.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (30) (30) (30)
Final () (79) (65) (79)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
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
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 6211 6213 6222
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡran/ /*ɡranʔ/ /*ɡanʔ/

Definitions

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

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

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

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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 鍵 (曖昧さ回避) on Japanese Wikipedia

Noun

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(かぎ) (kagi

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

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
けん
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(けん) (ken

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

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References

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  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

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Etymology

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

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 열쇠 (yeolsoe geon))

  1. hanja form? of (key)

Compounds

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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: kiện

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