yuè = yu + e4
key / also pr. [yao4]
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How to pronounce 钥

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= yu initial

Yu is for Yu the Great who tamed the floods.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ e4 final

In the elevator’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

钥 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
yuè = yu + e4
moon / month / monthly / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
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Character component without intrinsic meaning
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Characters with 钥 as component

钥 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 钥

key / CL:把[ba3]
One key opens one lock. / There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
public key (in encryption)

Sentences with 钥

钥 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

yuè

key / also pr. [yao4]

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