漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
鍵: key
N1 (our estimate)17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
金 carries the meaning · 建 is drawn in
17 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ケンken · on'yomi · in compounds
- 鍵盤けんばんkeyboard (of a piano, typewriter, etc.)
かぎkagi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 鍵かぎkey
- 鍵穴かぎあなkeyhole
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Dig deep for treasure! This radical represents the metals that form the backbone of our technology and the "gold" that has served as a global standard of value for centuries.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
建
Also built on build (建)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side鍵 key · 建
vs鎌 sickle · 兼In ChineseSimplified 键 · traditional, as in Japanese · jiàn
Japan keeps the traditional form 鍵; mainland China simplifies it to 键.
- Simplified
- 键 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 鍵 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jiàn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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