(jiàn)

key (of a keyboard or piano); key point

How 鍵 is written

Strokes
16
Radical
— metal/gold
Traditional
Simplified

Components

Common words using 鍵

按鍵 ànjiàn
button or key (on a device); keystroke; CL:個|个[ge4]
關鍵 guānjiàn
crucial point; crux; CL:個|个[ge4]
鍵盤 jiànpán
keyboard
關鍵詞 guānjiàncí
keyword
化學鍵 huàxuéjiàn
chemical bond
單鍵 dānjiàn
single bond (chemistry)
回車鍵 huíchējiàn
carriage return
快捷鍵 kuàijiéjiàn
(computer) shortcut key; hotkey
琴鍵 qínjiàn
a piano key
空格鍵 kònggéjiàn
space bar (keyboard)
肽鍵 tàijiàn
peptide bond CO-NH; bond in protein between carboxyl radical and amino radical
鍵入 jiànrù
to key in; to input

鍵 in a sentence

我的電腦鍵盤壞了。

Wǒ de diànnǎo jiànpán huài le.

“My computer keyboard is broken.”

How common is 鍵?

鍵 is the 1,469th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 94.3% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 鍵

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