鑰

See also: 钥

鑰	U+9470, 鑰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9470

← 鑯
[U+946F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

鑱 →
[U+9471]

Translingual

Han character

鑰 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+17, 25 strokes, cangjie input 金人一月 (COMB), four-corner 8812₇, composition ⿰釒龠)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1326, character 31
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41051
Dae Jaweon: page 1828, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4273, character 12
Unihan data for U+9470

Chinese

trad.		鑰
simp.		钥^*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (龠) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
讑	*lowɢs
籲	*los
爚	hljowɢ, lowɢ
禴	*lowɢ
蘥	*lowɢ
鑰	*lowɢ
瀹	*lowɢ
龠	*lowɢ
籥	*lowɢ
鸙	*lowɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lowɢ): semantic 金 + phonetic 龠 (OC *lowɢ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yào, yuè (yao⁴, yue⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ, ㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joek⁶
Jin (Wiktionary): yeh⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ieo⁷ / oeh⁷ / yoeh⁷
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): io̍k / ia̍k / io̍h

(Teochew, Peng'im): iag⁴ / ghuêh⁸
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸yaq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yào
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yào
  - Wade–Giles: yao⁴
  - Yale: yàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaw
  - Palladius: яо (jao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
  - Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴
  - Yale: ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
  - Palladius: юэ (jue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/

Note:

yào - vernacular (in 鑰匙);
yuè - literary.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: joek⁶
  - Yale: yeuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: joek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yêg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːk̚²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: yeh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /yəʔ²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo⁷
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: a̤u̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ieo⁷
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ieu²⁴/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: oeh⁷
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: e̤̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /œʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: yoeh⁷
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yøʔ⁴/

Note:

ieo7 - vernacular;
oeh7/yoeh7 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍k
  - Tâi-lô: io̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: ia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iak
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iak̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍h
  - Tâi-lô: io̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioih
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ioʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ioʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ioʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤʔ⁴/

Note:

io̍k/ia̍k - literary;
io̍h - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: iag⁴ / ghuêh⁸
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iak / gue̍h
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /iak̚²/, /ɡueʔ⁴/

Note:

iag4 - literary;
ghuêh8 - vernacular.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸yaq
  - MiniDict: yah^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhiaq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiaʔ¹²/

Middle Chinese: yak

Rime
Character	鑰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以灼切
Baxter	yak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/iɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨak̚/
Li Rong	/iak̚/
Wang Li	/jĭak̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joek⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*lowɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鑰
Reading #	1/1
No.	16347
Phonetic component	龠
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	藥
Old Chinese	/*lowɢ/

Definitions

鑰

alternative form of 𨷲 (yuè, “bolt”)
lock (device or mechanism)
key (to a lock)
鑰匙／钥匙 ― yàoshi ― key
(figurative) key (to something)
(figurative) strategic place
a surname

Compounds

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 / 万能钥匙 (wànnéng yàoshi)
金鑰匙 / 金钥匙 (jīnyàoshi)
鎖鑰 / 锁钥 (suǒyuè)
鑰匙 / 钥匙
鑰匙圈 / 钥匙圈 (yàoshiquān)
鑰管 / 钥管

Japanese

Kanji

鑰

(Hyōgai kanji)

lock

Readings

Go-on: やく (yaku)
Kan-on: やく (yaku)
Kun: かぎ (kagi, 鑰)

Korean

Hanja

鑰 • (yak) (hangeul 약, revised yak, McCune–Reischauer yak, Yale yak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鑰: Hán Nôm readings: dược, thược, thước

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