键
key (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device); chemical bond; linchpin
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,542 U+952E
How 键 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
钅 (semantic, “metal”) + 建 (phonetic, jiàn)
How to remember it
keyboard keys · Heisig RSH #1675
metal + 建 build
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 建
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 建 (jiàn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 建 sound component | jiàn | to build, to erect; to establish, to found |
| 腱 | jiàn | tendon, sinew |
| 犍 | jiān | bullock; to castrate |
| 毽 | jiàn | a shuttlecock |
| 踺 | jiàn | to somersault |
| 楗 | jiàn | latch, crossbar |
Words containing 键
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 化学键 | huà xué jiàn | chemical bond |
| 键盘乐器 | jiàn pán yuè qì | keyboard instrument (piano, organ etc) |
| 回车键 | huí chē jiàn | (computing) enter key; return key (on a keyboard) |
| 空格键 | kòng gé jiàn | space bar (keyboard) |
| 关键字 | guān jiàn zì | keyword |
| 关键词 | guān jiàn cí | keyword |
| 离子键 | lí zǐ jiàn | ionic bond (chemistry) |
| 上箭头键 | shàng jiàn tóu jiàn | up arrow key (on keyboard) |
| 下箭头键 | xià jiàn tóu jiàn | down arrow key (on keyboard) |
| 金属键 | jīn shǔ jiàn | metallic bond |
| 共价键 | gòng jià jiàn | covalent bond (chemistry) |
| 退格键 | tuì gé jiàn | backspace (keyboard) |
| 电键 | diàn jiàn | electric key; switch |
| 三键 | sān jiàn | triple bond (chemistry); triple link |
| 色键 | sè jiàn | chroma key; bluescreen; greenscreen (video editing) |
| 大键琴 | dà jiàn qín | a harpsichord |
| 单键 | dān jiàn | single bond (chemistry) |
| 关键 | guān jiàn | crucial point; crux; CL:個|个[ge4]; key; crucial; pivotal |
| 热键 | rè jiàn | hotkey; keyboard shortcut |
| 键入 | jiàn rù | to key in; to input; to enter (some text) |