一切經音義 51.62

51.62

鍵乎（健偃反周禮司門掌授官鍵以啟閉國門鄭注云鍵管籥也方言陳楚之間謂籥為鍵說文從金建聲）。

"A key, indeed?" (Fanqie: 健 + 偃 [jiàn]. The Zhouli states that the gate official takes charge of issuing the official keys to open and shut the city gates. Zheng's commentary says: '鍵 means a lock and key.' The Fangyan says: 'Between Chen and Chu, a key is called a jiàn.' The Shuowen jiezi says it derives from the metal radical with 建 as phonetic).