鍵

key

17 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 2029.

Readings

• かぎ (kun reading): 鍵 (かぎ) key; 鍵垢 (かぎアカ) private account (on social media, esp. Twitter)
• ケン (on reading): 鍵盤 (けんばん) keyboard (of a piano, typewriter, etc.); 打鍵 (だけん) keystroke

Components

• 金
• 建
• 廴 radical long stride
• 聿 radical brush
• 金 radical gold; metal

Words using 鍵

• 鍵 (かぎ) key
• 鍵垢 (かぎアカ) private account (on social media, esp. Twitter)
• 合鍵 (あいかぎ) duplicate key
• 秘密鍵 (ひみつかぎ) private key (cryptography)
• 鍵穴 (かぎあな) keyhole
• 鍵盤 (けんばん) keyboard (of a piano, typewriter, etc.)
• 打鍵 (だけん) keystroke
• 鍵盤楽器 (けんばんがっき) keyboard instrument
• 鍵盤ハーモニカ (けんばんハーモニカ) melodica
• 鍵 (けん) key (on a piano, organ, etc.)

51 words in all.

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