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Keyword
key
  • lock
  • door bolt
Frequency
#1154
Strokes
13
Readings
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Mnemonic
钅 (metal) gives the meaning and 建 the sound.
Stroke order
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Used in vocabulary
关键guānjiàn
crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal
键jiàn
key (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device); chemical bond; linchpin
按键ànjiàn
button or key (on a device); keystroke; to press a button
快捷键kuàijiéjiàn
(computer) shortcut key; hotkey
键入jiànrù
to key in; to input; to enter (some text)
琴键qínjiàn
a piano key
双键shuāngjiàn
double bond (chemistry)
共价键gòngjiàjiàn
covalent bond (chemistry)
氢键qīngjiàn
hydrogen bond
单键dānjiàn
single bond (chemistry)
离子键lízǐjiàn
ionic bond (chemistry)
回车键huíchējiàn
(computing) enter key; return key (on a keyboard)
热键rèjiàn
hotkey; keyboard shortcut
键盘乐器jiànpányuèqì
keyboard instrument (piano, organ etc)
空格键kònggéjiàn
space bar (keyboard)
肽键tàijiàn
peptide bond CO-NH; bond in protein between carboxyl radical and amino radical
键槽jiàncáo
(engineering) keyway; key slot
二硫键èrliújiàn
disulfide (chemistry)
电键diànjiàn
electric key; switch