Chinese Character Wiki
鍵

jiàn

key, bolt

Phonosemantic compound. 金 represents the meaning and 建 represents the sound.

Components
金 meaning component

金  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

建 sound component

建  Sound component

jiàn

  

build

Evolution

鍵 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鍵 Regular script Modern

Regular 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 鍵
Freq.
Word
Meaning

关键

crux

键

linchpin

键盘

keyboard

关键词

keyword

按键

keystroke

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 29.8574% of movies

1295th most common character in movies

1471st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Simplified

键

Unicode

U+9375

Shuowen

“鍵，鉉也。一曰車轄。从金，建聲。”


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