键jiàn
key (of a keyboard/piano). 13 strokes, radical 钅, first met in HSK 5.
How to write 键
Strokes 1–5 write 钅, then strokes 6–13 write 建.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 键 · the stroke-order rules
What 键 is made of
钅 (jīn, gold) and 建 (jiàn, to build).
钅 carries the meaning — metal — and 建 carries the sound.
Words that use 键
| 键 | key (of a keyboard/piano) 指用手按压以输入或发声的部件 他熟练地敲击每一个键。He skillfully struck every key. Lesson 441, 宏图筹度 · 笃志筑业与工巧开新 · Steadfast Craftsmanship & Grand Architecture |
| 关键 | key, crucial, critical 指对事情起决定性作用的部分 在建设的关键期全员昼夜奋战。During this crucial period of construction, everyone fought day and night. Lesson 428, 宏规领航 · 公道通达与宏规盛业 · Equitable Consensus & Strategic Horizons |
| 键盘 | keyboard 指多个按键组成的输入装置 青年程序员敲击键盘输入代码。The young programmer typed code on the keyboard. Lesson 441, 宏图筹度 · 笃志筑业与工巧开新 · Steadfast Craftsmanship & Grand Architecture |
More characters with the radical 钅
All 22 of them, and what the radical means, on the 金 radical page.