Key

"Key" in cmn

關鍵 /关键

guānjiàn

(indispensable)

shi

(device designed to open and close a lock)

圖例 /图例

túlì

(small guide explaining symbols or terminology)

密鑰 /密钥

(cryptography: piece of information used to encode or decode)

調 /调

diào

(scale of musical notes)

金鑰 /金钥

jīnyào

(cryptography: piece of information used to encode or decode)

鍵 /键

jiàn

(button on a typewriter or computer keyboard)

鍵 /键

jiàn

(part of a piano or musical keyboard)

鍵 /键

jiàn

(computing: field of a database constrained to be unique)

鎖匙 /锁匙

suǒshí

(device designed to open and close a lock)

鑰 /钥

yào

(device designed to open and close a lock)

鑰匙 /钥匙

yàoshi

(device designed to open and close a lock)

關鍵 /关键

guānjiàn

(crucial step)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.