How to say "keyboard" in Japanese

• キーボードCommon
  nounThe general word for 'keyboard' and the one to use for a computer keyboard; it also covers musical keyboards, while 鍵盤 refers to the keys themselves, as on a piano.
  マウスとキーボードを行おこなったりきたりするのが煩雑はんざつなので、キーボードのみで操作そうさできるようショートカットキーはないのでしょうか？↗

  It's a fiddle going to and fro between the keyboard and mouse so are there shortcuts to allow operation using only the keyboard?
• 鍵盤けんばんCommon
  nounRefers to the keyboard as a physical set of keys, as on a piano, and can apply to a typewriter; for a computer keyboard, キーボード is the word.
  指ゆびは鍵盤けんばんのあちらこちらに動うごきました。↗

  They moved up and down the keys.
• 文字盤もじばんCommon
  nounReally the dial or face of a clock or watch; its typewriter sense is marginal, and for an actual keyboard キーボード or 鍵盤 is the word you want.

Use 「キーボード」 for keyboards in general, especially on a computer; 鍵盤 for the keys of a piano or typewriter; 文字盤 is really a clock or watch dial, not a keyboard.

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• キーボードkeyboard
• 鍵盤けんばんkeyboard (of a piano, typewriter, etc.)
• 文字盤もじばんkeyboard (on a typewriter, etc.)