Chinese Character Wiki
键

jiàn

key, bolt

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 建 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鍵.

Components
钅 meaning component

钅  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

建 sound component

建  Sound component

jiàn

  

build

Evolution

键 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
键 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
键 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
键 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

键 (鍵) 

jiàn

door bolt, lock bolt; key; key (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device); chemical bond; linchpin

Most common words with 键
Freq.
Word
Meaning

关键

crux

键

linchpin

键盘

keyboard

关键词

keyword

按键

keystroke

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 29.8574% of movies

1295th most common character in movies

1471st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Traditional

鍵

Unicode

U+952E


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