Chinese Character 鍵 Meanings and components.

Form

鍵

Meaning

鍵 meaning[3] in English

Key (On A Piano Or Computer Keyboard).

Button (On A Mouse Or Other Device).

Chemical Bond.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鍵 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Jin (金) , and to establish (建)

Its radical[1] is: 金 (jin1) which means: Surname Jin, Surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), .金jin1surname Jin

In cangjie it is written with CNKQ

How to write 鍵

To write鍵jian4key (on … you should write a combination of 金jin1surname Jin , 建jian4to establish arranged in a 吅 shape:

金 + 建 = 鍵

鍵 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 鍵 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 鍵, looks as follow:

鍵
Pinyin:jian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Key (On A Piano Or Computer Keyboard) . Button (On A Mouse Or Other Device) . Chemical Bond . Linchpin
金
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Surname Jin . Surname Kim (Korean) . Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
建
Pinyin:jian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Establish . To Found . To Set Up . To Build . To Construct
廴
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: 'Long Stride' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 54), Occurring In 建, 延, 廷 Etc
聿
Pinyin:yu4
Meaning[3]: (Arch. Introductory Particle) . Then . And Then
肀
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:一
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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