钥 — Chinese character
钥
yào
lock, key
- Pinyin
- yào
- Radical
- 167 ⾦ (Gold)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 钅 月
- Formation
- pictophonetic — metal; meaning component 钅; sound component 月
- Traditional
- 鑰
Common words with 钥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 钥匙 (鑰匙) | yào shi | key; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 密钥 (密鑰) | mì yào | (cryptography) key |
| 私钥 (私鑰) | sī yào | (cryptography) private key |
| 万能钥匙 (萬能鑰匙) | wàn néng yào shi | master key; skeleton key |
| 公钥 (公鑰) | gōng yào | (cryptography) public key |
| 锁钥 (鎖鑰) | suǒ yuè | key and lock; (fig.) strategic place |
| 钥匙链 (鑰匙鏈) | yào shi liàn | keychain |
| 配钥匙 (配鑰匙) | pèi yào shi | to make a key |
| 钥匙卡 (鑰匙卡) | yào shi kǎ | keycard |
| 金钥 (金鑰) | jīn yào | the key (to solving a problem etc); (Tw) (cryptography) key |
| 权钥 (權鑰) | quán yào | keys of authority |
| 私人钥匙 (私人鑰匙) | sī rén yào shi | private key (in encryption) |
English words written with 钥
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.