Chinese Character 键 Meanings and components.

Form

键

Meaning

键 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 键 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (钅) , 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 OPNKQ

How to write 键

To write键jian4key (on … you should write a combination of 钅jin1 , 建jian4to establish arranged in a 吅 shape:

钅 + 建 = 键

键 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

键
Pinyin:jian4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Key (On A Piano Or Computer Keyboard) . Button (On A Mouse Or Other Device) . Chemical Bond . Linchpin
钅
Pinyin:jin1
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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