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13 strokes16 strokes
Character #955 · The First 1000

jiàn

keyboard

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

Strokes
1316
TraditionalSimplified
鍵 键
Poster cell
C35
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • guānjiàn crucial point
  • jiànpán keyboard
  • ànjiàn button or key (on a device)
  • qínjiàn a piano key
  • dānjiàn single bond (chemistry)
  • jiànrù to key in
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 键鍵

Write 键鍵 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, jiàn, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

A4 PDF US Letter PDF
Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell C35 · 28 × 36 grid

键鍵 is #955 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 键 mean in English?
键 (jiàn) means "keyboard": key (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device); chemical bond; linchpin.
How do you pronounce 键?
键 is pronounced jiàn in pinyin, with the fourth (falling) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄐㄧㄢˋ.
How many strokes does 键 have?
The simplified form, 键, has 13 strokes. The traditional form, 鍵, has 16.
What is the traditional form of 键?
The traditional form of 键 is 鍵. 键 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 鍵 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 键?
Common words that use 键 include 关键 (guānjiàn, crucial point), 键盘 (jiànpán, keyboard), 按键 (ànjiàn, button or key (on a device)), 琴键 (qínjiàn, a piano key).
How common is 键?
键 is number 955 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell C35 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.