"鑰" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /jɑʊ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ɥɛ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jœːk̚²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /yəʔ²/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /iɔk̚⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /iɔk̚²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /iak̚¹²¹/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ioʔ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /ioʔ⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei, Xiamen], /ioʔ¹²¹/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /iɤʔ⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /iak̚²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ɡueʔ⁴/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /jɑʊ̯⁵¹/, /ɥɛ⁵¹/, /jœːk̚²/, /yəʔ²/, /iɔk̚⁴/, /iɔk̚²⁴/, /iak̚¹²¹/, /ioʔ²⁴/, /ioʔ⁴/, /ioʔ¹²¹/, /iɤʔ⁴/, /iak̚²/, /ɡueʔ⁴/, /ɦiaʔ¹²/ Chinese transliterations: yào [Mandarin, Pinyin], yuè [Mandarin, Pinyin], yao⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], yue⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧㄠˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄩㄝˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], joek⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yeh⁴ [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], io̍k [Hokkien, POJ], ia̍k [Hokkien, POJ], io̍h [Hokkien, POJ], iag⁴ [Peng'im, Teochew], ghuêh⁸ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁸yaq, yào [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yào [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yao⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yàu [Mandarin, Yale], yaw [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], яо [Mandarin, Palladius], jao [Mandarin, Palladius], yuè [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yuè [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yüeh⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], ywè [Mandarin, Yale], yueh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], юэ [Mandarin, Palladius], jue [Mandarin, Palladius], joek⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], yeuhk [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], joek⁹ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], yêg⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], yeh⁴ [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], io̍k [Hokkien, Tai-lo], iok [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ia̍k [Hokkien, Tai-lo], iak [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], io̍h [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ioih [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], iak [POJ, Teochew], gue̍h [POJ, Teochew], ⁸yaq [Northern, Wu], yah^入 [Northern, Wu], ⁵hhiaq [Northern, Wu], /ɦiaʔ¹²/ [Northern, Wu], yak [Middle-Chinese], /*lowɢ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms:
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *lowɢ): semantic 金 + phonetic 龠 (OC *lowɢ). Etymology templates: {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *lowɢ}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *lowɢ), {{Han compound|金|龠|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *lowɢ): semantic 金 + phonetic 龠 (OC *lowɢ) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 鑰
  1. Alternative form of 𨷲 (“bolt”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: 𨷲 (extra: bolt)
    Sense id: en-鑰-zh-character-GpHBomLu
  2. lock (device or mechanism)
    Sense id: en-鑰-zh-character-8HDYK4T6
  3. key (to a lock)
    Sense id: en-鑰-zh-character-8cUi1LJF
  4. (figurative) key (to something) Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-鑰-zh-character-2wOu-CJp
  5. (figurative) strategic place Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-鑰-zh-character-lHKzyJL9
  6. a surname
    Sense id: en-鑰-zh-character-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Chinese surnames, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Middle Chinese hanzi, Old Chinese hanzi, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 39 4 0 0 2 55 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 23 6 0 0 0 71 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 28 2 0 0 1 69 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese hanzi: 10 1 0 0 0 90 Disambiguation of Old Chinese hanzi: 10 1 0 0 0 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 14 4 0 0 0 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 4 0 0 0 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 北門鎖鑰, 北门锁钥, 匙鑰, 匙钥, 寶鑰, 宝钥, 市鑰, 市钥, 渤海鎖鑰, 渤海锁钥, 萬能鑰匙 (wànnéng yàoshi), 万能钥匙 (wànnéng yàoshi), 金鑰匙 (jīnyàoshi), 金钥匙 (jīnyàoshi), 鎖鑰 (suǒyuè), 锁钥 (suǒyuè), 鑰匙, 钥匙, 鑰匙圈 (yàoshiquān), 钥匙圈 (yàoshiquān), 鑰管, 钥管
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "北門鎖鑰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "北门锁钥"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "匙鑰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "匙钥"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "寶鑰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "宝钥"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "市鑰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "市钥"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "渤海鎖鑰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "渤海锁钥"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wànnéng yàoshi",
      "word": "萬能鑰匙"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wànnéng yàoshi",
      "word": "万能钥匙"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jīnyàoshi",
      "word": "金鑰匙"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jīnyàoshi",
      "word": "金钥匙"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "suǒyuè",
      "word": "鎖鑰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "suǒyuè",
      "word": "锁钥"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "鑰匙"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "钥匙"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yàoshiquān",
      "word": "鑰匙圈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yàoshiquān",
      "word": "钥匙圈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "鑰管"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "钥管"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *lowɢ"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *lowɢ)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "金",
        "2": "龠",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *lowɢ): semantic 金 + phonetic 龠 (OC *lowɢ)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *lowɢ): semantic 金 + phonetic 龠 (OC *lowɢ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "钥",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "鑰",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "bolt",
          "word": "𨷲"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of 𨷲 (“bolt”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-鑰-zh-character-GpHBomLu",
      "links": [
        [
          "𨷲",
          "𨷲#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "bolt",
          "bolt"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lock (device or mechanism)"
      ],
      "id": "en-鑰-zh-character-8HDYK4T6",
      "links": [
        [
          "lock",
          "lock"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "key",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "yàoshi",
          "text": "鑰匙",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "key",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "yàoshi",
          "text": "钥匙",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "key (to a lock)"
      ],
      "id": "en-鑰-zh-character-8cUi1LJF",
      "links": [
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "key (to something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-鑰-zh-character-2wOu-CJp",
      "links": [
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) key (to something)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "strategic place"
      ],
      "id": "en-鑰-zh-character-lHKzyJL9",
      "links": [
        [
          "strategic",
          "strategic"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) strategic place"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 4 0 0 2 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 6 0 0 0 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 2 0 0 1 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 1 0 0 0 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 1 0 0 0 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Chinese hanzi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 4 0 0 0 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 4 0 0 0 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "id": "en-鑰-zh-character-v2O7m9sM",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yue⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄩㄝˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "joek⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeh⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "io̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ia̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "io̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iag⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ghuêh⁸"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁸yaq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yaw"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "яо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yüeh⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ywè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yueh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "юэ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jue"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "joek⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeuhk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "joek⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yêg⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jœːk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeh⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/yəʔ²/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "io̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iok"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɔk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɔk̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ia̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iak"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iak̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "io̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ioih"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ioʔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ioʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ioʔ¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɤʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gue̍h"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iak̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡueʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁸yaq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yah^入"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵hhiaq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦiaʔ¹²/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*lowɢ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ ia̍k /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jœːk̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/yəʔ²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɔk̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɔk̚²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iak̚¹²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ioʔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ioʔ⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ioʔ¹²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɤʔ⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iak̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡueʔ⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦiaʔ¹²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*lowɢ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "鑰"
}
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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese hanzi",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 鑰",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Middle Chinese hanzi",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese nouns",
    "Middle Chinese proper nouns",
    "Old Chinese hanzi",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese nouns",
    "Old Chinese proper nouns",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "北門鎖鑰"
    },
    {
      "word": "北门锁钥"
    },
    {
      "word": "匙鑰"
    },
    {
      "word": "匙钥"
    },
    {
      "word": "寶鑰"
    },
    {
      "word": "宝钥"
    },
    {
      "word": "市鑰"
    },
    {
      "word": "市钥"
    },
    {
      "word": "渤海鎖鑰"
    },
    {
      "word": "渤海锁钥"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wànnéng yàoshi",
      "word": "萬能鑰匙"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wànnéng yàoshi",
      "word": "万能钥匙"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīnyàoshi",
      "word": "金鑰匙"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīnyàoshi",
      "word": "金钥匙"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suǒyuè",
      "word": "鎖鑰"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suǒyuè",
      "word": "锁钥"
    },
    {
      "word": "鑰匙"
    },
    {
      "word": "钥匙"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yàoshiquān",
      "word": "鑰匙圈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yàoshiquān",
      "word": "钥匙圈"
    },
    {
      "word": "鑰管"
    },
    {
      "word": "钥管"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
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        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
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      },
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      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "金",
        "2": "龠",
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        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc"
      },
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      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *lowɢ): semantic 金 + phonetic 龠 (OC *lowɢ).",
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    {
      "form": "钥",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "鑰",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "bolt",
          "word": "𨷲"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of 𨷲 (“bolt”)"
      ],
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        [
          "𨷲",
          "𨷲#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "bolt",
          "bolt"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lock (device or mechanism)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lock",
          "lock"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "key",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "yàoshi",
          "text": "鑰匙",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "key",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "yàoshi",
          "text": "钥匙",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "key (to a lock)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "key (to something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) key (to something)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "strategic place"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strategic",
          "strategic"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) strategic place"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yue⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄩㄝˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "joek⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeh⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "io̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ia̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "io̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iag⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ghuêh⁸"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁸yaq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yaw"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "яо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yüeh⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ywè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yueh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "юэ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jue"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "joek⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeuhk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "joek⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yêg⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jœːk̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeh⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/yəʔ²/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "io̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iok"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɔk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɔk̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ia̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iak"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iak̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "io̍h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ioih"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ioʔ²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ioʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ioʔ¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɤʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gue̍h"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iak̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡueʔ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁸yaq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yah^入"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵hhiaq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦiaʔ¹²/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yak"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*lowɢ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ ia̍k /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jœːk̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/yəʔ²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɔk̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɔk̚²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iak̚¹²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ioʔ²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ioʔ⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ioʔ¹²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɤʔ⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iak̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡueʔ⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦiaʔ¹²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*lowɢ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "鑰"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 鑰 meaning in Chinese (6.9kB)

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