# 鑰

| 鑰 | U+9470, &#38000; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9470 |
| ← 鑯 [U+946F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鑱 → [U+9471] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鑰 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+17, 25 strokes, cangjie input 金人一月 (COMB), four-corner 8812$_7$, composition ⿰釒龠)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1326, character 31
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41051
* Dae Jaweon: page 1828, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4273, character 12
* Unihan data for U+9470

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 讑 | *lowɢs |
| 籲 | *los |
| 爚 | *hljowɢ, *lowɢ |
| 禴 | *lowɢ |
| 蘥 | *lowɢ |
| 鑰 | *lowɢ |
| 瀹 | *lowɢ |
| 龠 | *lowɢ |
| 籥 | *lowɢ |
| 鸙 | *lowɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lowɢ) : semantic 金 + phonetic 龠 (OC *lowɢ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yào, yuè (yao$^4$, yue$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ, ㄩㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): joek$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): yeh$^4$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ieo$^2$ / oeh$^7$ / yeh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): io̍k / ia̍k / io̍h
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iag$^4$ / ghuêh$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$yaq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yào
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yào
*** Wade–Giles: yao$^4$
*** Yale: yàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaw
*** Palladius: яо (jao)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
*** Wade–Giles: yüeh$^4$
*** Yale: ywè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
*** Palladius: юэ (jue)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɥɛ⁵¹/
* yào - vernacular (in 鑰匙);
* yuè - literary.
* Middle Chinese: yak
Rime :
| Character | 鑰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 藥 (107) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 以灼切 |
| Baxter | yak |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jɨɐk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jiɐk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /iɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jɨak̚/ |
| Li Rong | /iak̚/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭak̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯ak̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yuè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | joek$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*lowɢ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鑰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16347 |
| Phonetic component | 龠 |
| Rime group | 藥 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 藥 |
| Old Chinese | /*lowɢ/ |

### Definitions

鑰
* Alternative form of 𨷲 (“bolt”)
* lock (device or mechanism)
* key (to a lock)
    鑰匙／钥匙 ― yàoshi ― key
* (figurative) key (to something)
* (figurative) strategic place
* a surname

### Compounds

* 北門鎖鑰 / 北门锁钥
* 匙鑰 / 匙钥
* 寶鑰 / 宝钥
* 市鑰 / 市钥
* 渤海鎖鑰 / 渤海锁钥
* 萬能鑰匙 / 万能钥匙 (wànnéng yàoshi)
* 金鑰匙 / 金钥匙 (jīnyàoshi)
* 鎖鑰 / 锁钥 (suǒyuè)
* 鑰匙 / 钥匙
* 鑰匙圈 / 钥匙圈 (yàoshiquān)
* 鑰管 / 钥管

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* lock

#### Readings

* Go-on: やく (yaku)
* Kan-on: やく (yaku)
* Kun: かぎ (kagi, 鑰)

## Korean
### Hanja

鑰 • (yak) (hangeul 약, revised yak, McCune–Reischauer yak, Yale yak)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

鑰: Hán Nôm readings: dược, thược, thước
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