yàoyuè

key

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
金 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

龠 sound component

  Sound component

yuè

  

flute

Definitions

() 

yào

key; lock

() 

yuè

also pr. [yào]

Most common words with 鑰
Freq.
Word
Meaning

钥匙

key

key

钥匙链

keychain

锁钥

key and lock

一把钥匙开一把锁

One key opens one lock.

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 25.3564% of movies

1111th most common character in movies

2481st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

25

Simplified

Unicode

U+9470


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