(yào) - key (first half of "key") in Mandarin
yàoTraditional: 钥
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Translation
key (first half of "key")
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound: the metal radical 钅 signals a metal object, while 月 (yuè) on the right supplies the sound, giving the word for a key.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 钅 (metal radical) + 月 (yuè, phonetic)
Stroke order
钥
Examples
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The key is on the table.
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I left the key at home.
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This is the room key.
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I put the keys on the table.
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He lost the key to the room.
钥 (yào) is a bound morpheme that pairs with 匙 (shi) to form 钥匙, the everyday word for key.
Appears in 1 word
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 钥.
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