key

instrument that is used to operate a lock
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key
Jorge Barrios · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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key

Summary

key ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • key's physically interacts with is recorded as lock[2].
  • key is a type of physical tool[3].
  • key is used for access[4].
  • key's Commons category is recorded as Keys[5].
  • key's Unicode character is recorded as 🔑[6].
  • key's Unicode character is recorded as 🗝[7].
  • key's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Keys[8].
  • key's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[9].
  • key's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[10].
  • key's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • key's different from is recorded as Klucz[12].
  • key's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13].

Body

Definition and Type

key is a type of physical tool[3].

Use and Application

key is used for access[4].

Influence

Things named for key include Kagi[14], a search engine[15], in United States[16], founded in 2018[17], headquartered in Palo Alto[18].

Why It Matters

key ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month).[1] key has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] key is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for key include Kagi[14], a search engine[15], in United States[16], founded in 2018[17], headquartered in Palo Alto[18].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Physically interacts with lock
    Topic's main category Category:Keys
    Has use access
    Aliases
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 5270, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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