鍵

Translingual

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiàn (jian⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gin⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): giông
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kiān / kiàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): giang⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ji

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): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gin⁶
  - Yale: gihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn²²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: giông
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyɔŋ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (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/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ji
  - MiniDict: ji^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jji
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑi²³/

Middle Chinese: gjen, gjonX, gjenX

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/	/ɡɨɐn^X/	/ɡˠiᴇn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛn/	/ɡiɐn^X/	/ɡᵚiɛn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæn/	/ɡiɐn^X/	/ɡiæn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gian/	/gɨan^X/	/gian^X/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛn/	/ɡiɐn^X/	/ɡjɛn^X/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛn/	/ɡĭɐn^X/	/ɡĭɛn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛn/	/gɨ̯ɐn^X/	/gi̯ɛn^X/
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

^† door bolt, lock bolt
(music) key (lever on a musical keyboard)
琴鍵／琴键 ― qínjiàn ― key
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)
to type
(chemistry) bond
離子鍵／离子键 ― lízǐjiàn ― ionic bond
(computing) key (value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container)

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
轉換鍵／转换键 (zhuǎnhuànjiàn)
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)

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

(Tokyo) かぎ [kàgíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡʲi]

- Homophone: 鉤

Noun

鍵(かぎ) • (kagi)

key (tool for opening or locking something)
key; clue (important fact for solving something)
lock

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

(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)

(computing) key
(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

References

↑ ^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
^ 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
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^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:

鍵

Wikisource

鍵 (eumhun 열쇠 건 (yeolsoe geon))

hanja form^? of 건 (“key”)

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. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

鍵: Hán Nôm readings: kiện

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[SMK2-1] 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

[NHK-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

[DJR-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-4] 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

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鍵

Contents

Translingual

Han character

Derived characters

Descendants

References

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pronunciation

Definitions

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

Readings

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

See also

References

Korean

Etymology

Hanja

Compounds

References

Vietnamese

Han character