KEY    鑰匙

METAL TOOL PRODUCED for USE TO OPEN a DEFINED:certain LOCK with.
DOOR KEYLATCHKEYPASS KEYMASTER KEY
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Keys are rarely mentioned, but the general term is guǎn 管.
Modern Chinese Criteria
鑰匙 鎖匙 匙 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • TOOL　ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR USE USING a DEFINED METHOD. (anc: 5/0, child: 53)
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 7.24

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    • Words (5 items)

    管  guǎn OC: koonʔ MC: kʷɑn 5 Attributions

    Keys are rarely mentioned, but the general term is guǎn 管.

      Syntactic words
    • nkey
    • nabfigurativecrucial part, essential point, "key"LZ
    • vtoNfigurativehave N as one's crucial partLZ
    籥  yuè OC: lewɡ MC: ji̯ɐk
    鑰  yuè OC: lewɡ MC: ji̯ɐk 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nkey
    門鑰  mén yuè OC: mɯɯn lewɡ MC: muo̝n ji̯ɐk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPdoor key
    管籥  guǎn yuè OC: koonʔ lewɡ MC: kʷɑn ji̯ɐk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPpluralkeys
    戶鑰  hù yuè OC: ɡlaaʔ lewɡ MC: ɦuo̝ ji̯ɐk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPdoor-key