yàoyuè

key

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
钅 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

is a component form of .

月 sound component

  Sound component

yuè

  

moon

Evolution

钥 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
钥 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

yào

key; lock

() 

yuè

also pr. [yào]

Most common words with 钥
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

9

Traditional

Unicode

U+94A5


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