"鍵" meaning in Japanese

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Character

Forms: “Jōyō” kanji [common]
  1. Tags: kanji, no-gloss

Noun

IPA: [ka̠ɡʲi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (かぎ)), kagi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|かぎ}} 鍵(かぎ) • (kagi)
  1. key (tool for opening or locking something)
    Sense id: en-鍵-ja-noun-9fpona-K
  2. key; clue (important fact for solving something)
    Sense id: en-鍵-ja-noun-yhU8td57 Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 68 7
  3. lock
    Sense id: en-鍵-ja-noun-DAMFhpRf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [kẽ̞ɴ] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (けん)), ken [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|けん}} 鍵(けん) • (ken)
  1. (computing) key Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-鍵-ja-noun-LHDhK3oG Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 8 19 1 48 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 5 14 1 46 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 12 24 4 47 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 5 13 1 46 35 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (music) key Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-鍵-ja-noun-LHDhK3oG1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 鍵盤 (kenban) (ruby: 鍵盤(けんばん)) (english: keyboard), 白鍵 (hakken) (ruby: 白鍵(はっけん)) (english: white key), 黒鍵 (kokken) (ruby: 黒鍵(こっけん)) (english: black key) Related terms: () (ruby: (じょう))
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for 鍵 meaning in Japanese (4.8kB)

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          "langcode": "ja",
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      "ipa": "[kẽ̞ɴ]"
    },
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      "homophone": "けん"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "件"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "見"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "券"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "妍"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "県"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "兼"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "剣"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "拳"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "乾"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "険"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "嶮"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "圏"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "間"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "腱"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "権"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "賢"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "壎"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "塤"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "顕"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "軒"
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[kẽ̞ɴ]"
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    {
      "homophone": "件"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "見"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "券"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "妍"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "県"
    },
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      "homophone": "兼"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "剣"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "拳"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "乾"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "険"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "嶮"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "圏"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "間"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "腱"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "権"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "賢"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "壎"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "塤"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "顕"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "軒"
    }
  ],
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}

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