鍵

17 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

key

Kun'yomi
  • かぎ
    		key ②lock ③key (to a problem)
On'yomi
  • ケン
    		key (of a piano, etc.)

Main Radical

金(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

かぎ 99.0%
ケン 1.0%

Character Breakdown

key
かぎ　ケン (11th)
gold
キン　きむ　かね (1st, N5)
whole, entire, all
ゼン　すべ.て　まった.く (3rd, N3)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
to divide
build
ケン　たて　た.てる (4th, N4)
brush, finally, self
イチ　イツ　ふで (Kentei 1)
pen radical
snout, hand
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ　ふた　ふだ (1st, N5)
long stride or stretching radical (no. 54)
イン (Kentei 1)

Common Words

かぎ
鍵
key ②lock ③key (to a problem)
あい
合
かぎ
鍵
duplicate key ②pass key
かぎ
鍵
あな
穴
keyhole
かぎ
鍵
　
か
　
け
key rack
かぎ
鍵
　
っ
こ
子
latchkey child
かぎ
鍵
あ
開
　
け
lock-opening
かぎ
鍵
たば
束
bunch of keys
かぎ
鍵
や
屋
locksmith
きょう
共
つう
通
かぎ
鍵
あん
暗
ごう
号
symmetric key cryptography
うち
内
かぎ
鍵
internal lock
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References

Unicode hex code 9375
JIS X 0208 1-24-16
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4894
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6317
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1753
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2203
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1565
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2761
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 418
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1824
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2652
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 40654
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 915
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8a8.18
Four corner code 8514.0