键 — Chinese character
键
jiàn
lock, door bolt; key
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Radical
- 167 ⾦ (Gold)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 钅 建
- Formation
- pictophonetic — metal; meaning component 钅; sound component 建
- Traditional
- 鍵
Common words with 键
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 关键 (關鍵) | guān jiàn | crucial point; crux |
| 键盘 (鍵盤) | jiàn pán | keyboard |
| 关键词 (關鍵詞) | guān jiàn cí | keyword |
| 按键 (按鍵) | àn jiàn | button or key (on a device); keystroke |
| 关键字 (關鍵字) | guān jiàn zì | keyword |
| 快捷键 (快捷鍵) | kuài jié jiàn | (computer) shortcut key; hotkey |
| 键入 (鍵入) | jiàn rù | to key in; to input; to enter (some text) |
| 化学键 (化學鍵) | huà xué jiàn | chemical bond |
| 琴键 (琴鍵) | qín jiàn | a piano key |
| 双键 (雙鍵) | shuāng jiàn | double bond (chemistry) |
| 共价键 (共價鍵) | gòng jià jiàn | covalent bond (chemistry) |
| 氢键 (氫鍵) | qīng jiàn | hydrogen bond |
English words written with 键
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.