键 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified character
Traditional character

键 English definition

jiàn

  • key (on a piano or computer keyboard)
  • button (on a mouse or other device)
  • chemical bond
  • linchpin

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc;
  • : short; shallow; thin plate;
  • : to invigorate; to strengthen; to be good at; to be strong in; healthy;
  • : to overstep one's authority; to usurp;
  • : to usurp;
  • : sword
  • : Japanese variant of 劍|剑;
  • : to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct;
  • : fence; palisade;
  • : material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike; (literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt);
  • : banister; balustrade; cage for animal or prisoner; to transport caged prisoner on a cart;
  • : shuttlecock;
  • : flowing water; successive;
  • : mountain stream;
  • : (jian4) gradual; gradually; (jian1) to imbue;
  • : to splash;
  • : to arrive (of water);
  • : to prop up;
  • : (jade);
  • : to spy;
  • : arrow; CL:支[zhi1];
  • : tendon; sinew;
  • : warship;
  • : to recommend; to offer sacrifice (arch.); grass; straw mat;
  • : recommend
  • : see
  • : to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview;
  • : to remonstrate; to admonish;
  • : inexpensive; lowly;
  • : to fulfill (a promise); to tread; to walk;
  • : somersault (in gymnastics or dance); head-over-heels; aerial flip; also written 踺子;
  • : example; mirror; to view; reflection; to reflect; to inspect; to warn; (ancient bronze mirror);
  • : farewell dinner; preserves;

Sentences examples with 键

  • 这不是问题的关键。
    Zhè bùshì wèntí de guānjiàn.
  • 文章最关键的部分是第三段。
    Wénzhāng zuì guānjiàn de bùfèn shì dì sān duàn.

Words containing 键, by HSK level