jiàn HSK5

key, bolt

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Mar 2, 2026, 11:38 PM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 2, 2026, 11:38 PM

金 → 釒

Changed fields: components

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
Sound component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡran
ɡranʔ
ɡanʔ

說文解字

《說文》:“鍵,鉉也。一曰車轄。从金,建聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica