"キー" meaning in Japanese

See キー in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kʲiː] Forms: kī [romanization]
Etymology: From English key. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|key}} English key Head templates: {{ja-noun}} キー • (kī)
  1. key (to open a lock) Synonyms (to open a lock): 鍵 (kagi) (ruby: 鍵(かぎ))
    Sense id: en-キー-ja-noun-U41KACpA Categories (other): Japanese katakana Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 16 16 19 16 16 18 Disambiguation of 'to open a lock': 100 0 0 0 0
  2. the clue to a problem
    Sense id: en-キー-ja-noun-d3-e6~Sl Categories (other): Japanese katakana, Greek letter names Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 16 16 19 16 16 18 Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 7 12 26 24 20 11
  3. key (on the keyboard of a piano etc.) Synonyms (on the keyboard of a piano): 鍵 (ruby: 鍵(けん)) (english: ken)
    Sense id: en-キー-ja-noun-jwzZov4t Categories (other): Japanese katakana, Greek letter names Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 16 16 19 16 16 18 Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 7 12 26 24 20 11 Disambiguation of 'on the keyboard of a piano': 1 1 54 42 3
  4. key (on the keyboard of a computer)
    Sense id: en-キー-ja-noun-2bf5PQVv Categories (other): Japanese katakana, Greek letter names Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 16 16 19 16 16 18 Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 7 12 26 24 20 11
  5. key (a pitch in music)
    Sense id: en-キー-ja-noun-ofbOATDk Categories (other): Japanese katakana, Buttons, Greek letter names Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 16 16 19 16 16 18 Disambiguation of Buttons: 17 9 20 20 30 4 Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 7 12 26 24 20 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [kʲiː] Forms: kī [romanization]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin chi, from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî). Etymology templates: {{lbor|ja|la|chi}} Learned borrowing from Latin chi, {{der|ja|grc|χεῖ}} Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} キー • (kī)
  1. chi Coordinate_terms: アルファ · ベータ · ガンマ · デルタ · エプシロン · ゼータ · エータ · テータ · イオタ · カッパ · ラムダ · ミュー · ニュー · クシー · オミクロン · ピー · ロー · シグマ · タウ · ユプシロン · フィー · キー · プシー · オメガ [edit] (omega) (english: iota) [Greek, character, letter-name]
    Sense id: en-キー-ja-noun-3~5gLNHg Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Greek letter names Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 6 16 16 11 48 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 16 16 19 16 16 18 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 3 7 21 20 16 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 9 21 20 15 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 8 19 18 14 36 Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 7 12 26 24 20 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for キー meaning in Japanese (3.3kB)

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  "path": [
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  "title": "キー",
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). 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.

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