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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): io̍k / ia̍k / io̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iag⁴ / ghuêh⁸

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸yaq

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

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• 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/
Bernard 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

1. Alternative form of 𨷲 (“bolt”)
2. lock (device or mechanism)
3. key (to a lock)

   鑰匙／钥匙  ―  yàoshi  ―  key

4. (figurative) key (to something)
5. (figurative) strategic place
6. 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

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. 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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