鍵

key; lock

Kanji 2002

Find out about lock picking made easy! Learn to determine when 鍵 represents the key to a door, a piano key, the key on a computer keyboard, or the key to a problem. Discover how to say, “She locked her jewels in the safe,” “Remember to lock the door,” “The room was locked,” “The door locks automatically,” “the key to success,” and “He's the person who holds the key to this case.”

Revision history:

Aug. 23, 2024: p. 9: Improved the sample sentence about warriors, eliminating redundancy. Also adjusted the def. of 一騎当千の兵 under that sentence.

Feb. 1, 2022: p. 8: Changed the way I handled 盗難防止用 in the sentence vocab., instead defining 盗難防止 and -用 separately.

Oct. 29, 2021: Originally published.