"鍵" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kiːn²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /kyɔŋ²⁴²/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /kiɛn²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /kiɛn⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /kiɛn³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Taipei], /kiɛn¹¹/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /kiɛn²¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kiaŋ³⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/, /kiːn²²/, /kyɔŋ²⁴²/, /kiɛn²²/, /kiɛn⁴¹/, /kiɛn³³/, /kiɛn¹¹/, /kiɛn²¹/, /kiaŋ³⁵/, /d͡ʑi²³/ Chinese transliterations: jiàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], jian⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄐㄧㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], gin⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], giông, kiān [Hokkien, POJ], kiàn [Hokkien, POJ], giang⁶ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶ji, jiàn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], jiàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chien⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], jyàn [Mandarin, Yale], jiann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], цзянь [Mandarin, Palladius], czjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], gin⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], gihn [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], gin⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], gin⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], giông [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], kiān [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kien [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], kiàn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kiexn [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], kiăng [POJ, Teochew], ⁶ji [Northern, Wu], ji^去 [Northern, Wu], ³jji [Northern, Wu], /d͡ʑi²³/ [Northern, Wu], gjen [Middle-Chinese], gjonX [Middle-Chinese], gjenX [Middle-Chinese], /*ɡran/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang], /*ɡranʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang], /*ɡanʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms:
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 建 (OC *kans) – a metal key. Etymology templates: {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ), {{Han compound|金|建|alt=1釒|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|t1=metal}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 建 (OC *kans) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 鍵
  1. door bolt, lock bolt Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-鍵-zh-character-u11NhXYr
  2. (music) key (lever on a musical keyboard) Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-鍵-zh-character-XLKtQ0CK Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. key (button on a typewriter or computer keyboard)
    Sense id: en-鍵-zh-character-7hP6Fmv-
  4. to type
    Sense id: en-鍵-zh-character-bxLZSWjp
  5. (chemistry) bond Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-鍵-zh-character-8h3qdNiY Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  6. (computing) key (value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container) Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-鍵-zh-character-dMqyd9SQ Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 0 18 9 0 24 49 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 19 6 0 20 55 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 一鍵 (yījiàn), 一键 (yījiàn), 三鍵 (sānjiàn), 三键 (sānjiàn), 二硫鍵 (èrliújiàn), 二硫键 (èrliújiàn), 共價鍵 (gòngjiàjiàn), 共价键 (gòngjiàjiàn), 化學鍵 (huàxuéjiàn), 化学键 (huàxuéjiàn), 古鍵琴 (gǔjiànqín), 古键琴 (gǔjiànqín), 單鍵 (dānjiàn), 单键 (dānjiàn), 大鍵琴 (dàjiànqín), 大键琴 (dàjiànqín), 扃鍵, 扃键, 按鍵 (ànjiàn), 按键 (ànjiàn), 氫鍵 (qīngjiàn), 氢键 (qīngjiàn), 白鍵 (báijiàn), 白键 (báijiàn), 筦鍵, 筦键, 肽鍵 (tàijiàn), 肽键 (tàijiàn), 胜鍵, 轉換鍵, 转换键, 鈐鍵, 钤键, 鍵屋, 键屋, 鍵盤 (jiànpán), 键盘 (jiànpán), 鍵盤樂器 (jiànpán yuèqì), 键盘乐器 (jiànpán yuèqì), 關鍵 (guānjiàn), 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 (shuāngliújiàn), 双硫键 (shuāngliújiàn), 雙鍵 (shuāngjiàn), 双键 (shuāngjiàn), 離子鍵 (lízǐjiàn), 离子键 (lízǐjiàn), 黑鍵 (hēijiàn), 黑键 (hēijiàn)

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yījiàn",
      "word": "一鍵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yījiàn",
      "word": "一键"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "sānjiàn",
      "word": "三鍵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "sānjiàn",
      "word": "三键"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "èrliújiàn",
      "word": "二硫鍵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "èrliújiàn",
      "word": "二硫键"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gòngjiàjiàn",
      "word": "共價鍵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gòngjiàjiàn",
      "word": "共价键"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huàxuéjiàn",
      "word": "化學鍵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huàxuéjiàn",
      "word": "化学键"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǔjiànqín",
      "word": "古鍵琴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǔjiànqín",
      "word": "古键琴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dānjiàn",
      "word": "單鍵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dānjiàn",
      "word": "单键"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dàjiànqín",
      "word": "大鍵琴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dàjiànqín",
      "word": "大键琴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "扃鍵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "扃键"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ànjiàn",
      "word": "按鍵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ànjiàn",
      "word": "按键"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qīngjiàn",
      "word": "氫鍵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qīngjiàn",
      "word": "氢键"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "báijiàn",
      "word": "白鍵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "báijiàn",
      "word": "白键"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "筦鍵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "筦键"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tàijiàn",
      "word": "肽鍵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tàijiàn",
      "word": "肽键"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "胜鍵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "轉換鍵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "转换键"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "鈐鍵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "钤键"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "鍵屋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "键屋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiànpán",
      "word": "鍵盤"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiànpán",
      "word": "键盘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiànpán yuèqì",
      "word": "鍵盤樂器"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiànpán yuèqì",
      "word": "键盘乐器"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "guānjiàn",
      "word": "關鍵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "guānjiàn",
      "word": "关键"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "關鍵時刻"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "关键时刻"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "關鍵期"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "关键期"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "關鍵球"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "关键球"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shuāngliújiàn",
      "word": "雙硫鍵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shuāngliújiàn",
      "word": "双硫键"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shuāngjiàn",
      "word": "雙鍵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shuāngjiàn",
      "word": "双键"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lízǐjiàn",
      "word": "離子鍵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lízǐjiàn",
      "word": "离子键"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hēijiàn",
      "word": "黑鍵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hēijiàn",
      "word": "黑键"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "金",
        "2": "建",
        "alt": "1釒",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc",
        "t1": "metal"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 建 (OC *kans)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 建 (OC *kans) – a metal key.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "键",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "鍵",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "door bolt, lock bolt"
      ],
      "id": "en-鍵-zh-character-u11NhXYr",
      "links": [
        [
          "door",
          "door"
        ],
        [
          "bolt",
          "bolt"
        ],
        [
          "lock",
          "lock"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "zh:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "key",
          "roman": "qínjiàn",
          "text": "琴鍵/琴键",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "key (lever on a musical keyboard)"
      ],
      "id": "en-鍵-zh-character-XLKtQ0CK",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ],
        [
          "lever",
          "lever#English"
        ],
        [
          "musical",
          "musical#English"
        ],
        [
          "keyboard",
          "keyboard#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) key (lever on a musical keyboard)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the Escape key",
          "roman": "kōnggé jiàn",
          "text": "空格鍵/空格键",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "9-key pinyin (a way of pinyin using a 9-key keyboard)",
          "roman": "jiǔjiàn pīnyīn",
          "text": "9鍵拼音/9键拼音",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "key (button on a typewriter or computer keyboard)"
      ],
      "id": "en-鍵-zh-character-7hP6Fmv-",
      "links": [
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ],
        [
          "button",
          "button#English"
        ],
        [
          "typewriter",
          "typewriter#English"
        ],
        [
          "computer",
          "computer#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to type"
      ],
      "id": "en-鍵-zh-character-bxLZSWjp",
      "links": [
        [
          "type",
          "type"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Chemistry",
          "orig": "zh:Chemistry",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "ionic bond",
          "roman": "lízǐjiàn",
          "text": "離子鍵/离子键",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bond"
      ],
      "id": "en-鍵-zh-character-8h3qdNiY",
      "links": [
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "bond",
          "bond"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chemistry) bond"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "zh:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 18 9 0 24 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 19 6 0 20 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "key (value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container)"
      ],
      "id": "en-鍵-zh-character-dMqyd9SQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ],
        [
          "value",
          "value#English"
        ],
        [
          "uniquely",
          "uniquely#English"
        ],
        [
          "identifies",
          "identify#English"
        ],
        [
          "entry",
          "entry#English"
        ],
        [
          "container",
          "container#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) key (value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jian⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "giông"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "giang⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶ji"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цзянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "czjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gihn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiːn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "giông"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kyɔŋ²⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kien"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɛn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɛn⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiexn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɛn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɛn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiăng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiaŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶ji"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³jji"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/d͡ʑi²³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gjen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gjonX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gjenX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡran/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡranʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡanʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiːn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kyɔŋ²⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɛn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɛn⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɛn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɛn¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɛn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiaŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʑi²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡran/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡranʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡanʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "鍵"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "yījiàn",
      "word": "一鍵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yījiàn",
      "word": "一键"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sānjiàn",
      "word": "三鍵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sānjiàn",
      "word": "三键"
    },
    {
      "roman": "èrliújiàn",
      "word": "二硫鍵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "èrliújiàn",
      "word": "二硫键"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gòngjiàjiàn",
      "word": "共價鍵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gòngjiàjiàn",
      "word": "共价键"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huàxuéjiàn",
      "word": "化學鍵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huàxuéjiàn",
      "word": "化学键"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǔjiànqín",
      "word": "古鍵琴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǔjiànqín",
      "word": "古键琴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dānjiàn",
      "word": "單鍵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dānjiàn",
      "word": "单键"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàjiànqín",
      "word": "大鍵琴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dàjiànqín",
      "word": "大键琴"
    },
    {
      "word": "扃鍵"
    },
    {
      "word": "扃键"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ànjiàn",
      "word": "按鍵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ànjiàn",
      "word": "按键"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīngjiàn",
      "word": "氫鍵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qīngjiàn",
      "word": "氢键"
    },
    {
      "roman": "báijiàn",
      "word": "白鍵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "báijiàn",
      "word": "白键"
    },
    {
      "word": "筦鍵"
    },
    {
      "word": "筦键"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tàijiàn",
      "word": "肽鍵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tàijiàn",
      "word": "肽键"
    },
    {
      "word": "胜鍵"
    },
    {
      "word": "轉換鍵"
    },
    {
      "word": "转换键"
    },
    {
      "word": "鈐鍵"
    },
    {
      "word": "钤键"
    },
    {
      "word": "鍵屋"
    },
    {
      "word": "键屋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiànpán",
      "word": "鍵盤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiànpán",
      "word": "键盘"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiànpán yuèqì",
      "word": "鍵盤樂器"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiànpán yuèqì",
      "word": "键盘乐器"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guānjiàn",
      "word": "關鍵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guānjiàn",
      "word": "关键"
    },
    {
      "word": "關鍵時刻"
    },
    {
      "word": "关键时刻"
    },
    {
      "word": "關鍵期"
    },
    {
      "word": "关键期"
    },
    {
      "word": "關鍵球"
    },
    {
      "word": "关键球"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuāngliújiàn",
      "word": "雙硫鍵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuāngliújiàn",
      "word": "双硫键"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuāngjiàn",
      "word": "雙鍵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuāngjiàn",
      "word": "双键"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lízǐjiàn",
      "word": "離子鍵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lízǐjiàn",
      "word": "离子键"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hēijiàn",
      "word": "黑鍵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hēijiàn",
      "word": "黑键"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "金",
        "2": "建",
        "alt": "1釒",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc",
        "t1": "metal"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 建 (OC *kans)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡran, *ɡranʔ, *ɡanʔ) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 建 (OC *kans) – a metal key.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "键",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "鍵",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "door bolt, lock bolt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "door",
          "door"
        ],
        [
          "bolt",
          "bolt"
        ],
        [
          "lock",
          "lock"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "zh:Music"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "key",
          "roman": "qínjiàn",
          "text": "琴鍵/琴键",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "key (lever on a musical keyboard)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ],
        [
          "lever",
          "lever#English"
        ],
        [
          "musical",
          "musical#English"
        ],
        [
          "keyboard",
          "keyboard#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) key (lever on a musical keyboard)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the Escape key",
          "roman": "kōnggé jiàn",
          "text": "空格鍵/空格键",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "9-key pinyin (a way of pinyin using a 9-key keyboard)",
          "roman": "jiǔjiàn pīnyīn",
          "text": "9鍵拼音/9键拼音",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "key (button on a typewriter or computer keyboard)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ],
        [
          "button",
          "button#English"
        ],
        [
          "typewriter",
          "typewriter#English"
        ],
        [
          "computer",
          "computer#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to type"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "type",
          "type"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "zh:Chemistry"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "ionic bond",
          "roman": "lízǐjiàn",
          "text": "離子鍵/离子键",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bond"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "bond",
          "bond"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chemistry) bond"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "zh:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "key (value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ],
        [
          "value",
          "value#English"
        ],
        [
          "uniquely",
          "uniquely#English"
        ],
        [
          "identifies",
          "identify#English"
        ],
        [
          "entry",
          "entry#English"
        ],
        [
          "container",
          "container#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) key (value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jian⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "giông"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "giang⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶ji"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цзянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "czjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gihn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gin⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiːn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "giông"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kyɔŋ²⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kien"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɛn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɛn⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiexn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɛn¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɛn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiăng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiaŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶ji"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³jji"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/d͡ʑi²³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gjen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gjonX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gjenX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡran/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡranʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡanʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiːn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kyɔŋ²⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɛn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɛn⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɛn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɛn¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɛn²¹/"
    },
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (1b9bfc5 and 0136956). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.