The kanji 鍵: meaning, readings and stroke order

鍵

Meaning: key, keyboard key
On reading: ケン ken
Kun reading: かぎ kagi
Strokes: 17
Radical: 金 metal, gold
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chìa khoá, phím đàn (kiện)
Japanese: かぎ。ピアノのけん。
Korean: 열쇠, 건반 (건)
Chinese: 钥匙、琴键 (键)

Readings, words and example sentences

ケン ken · on reading · less common

鍵けん盤ばん
keyboard, keys (of a piano)
ピアノの 鍵けん盤ばんをおさえます。
I press the piano keys.

かぎ kagi · kun reading

鍵かぎ
key
家の 鍵かぎをなくしました。
I lost my house key.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.