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jiàn

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jiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiàn | jian4
English translation
lock, door bolt; key

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About jiàn

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

jiàn

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of jiàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

釒建

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

jiàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and jiàn represents the sound. Simplified form of jiàn .

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Words with jiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
关键 guānjiàn crux關鍵
jiàn linchpin jiàn
键盘 jiànpán keyboard鍵盤
关键词 guān jiàn cí keyword關鍵詞
按键 àn jiàn keystroke按鍵
快捷键 kuài jié jiàn hotkey快捷鍵
关键字 guān jiàn zì keyword關鍵字
琴键 qín jiàn a piano key琴鍵
化学键 huà xué jiàn chemical bond化學鍵
共价键 gòng jià jiàn covalent bond (chemistry)共價鍵
氢键 qīng jiàn hydrogen bond氫鍵
双键 shuāng jiàn double bond (chemistry)雙鍵
单键 dān jiàn single bond (chemistry)單鍵
空格键 kòng gé jiàn space bar (keyboard)空格鍵
回车键 huí chē jiàn carriage return回車鍵
电键 diàn jiàn switch電鍵
键槽 jiàn cáo key slot鍵槽
肽键 tài jiàn peptide bond CO-NH肽鍵
离子键 lí zǐ jiàn ionic bond (chemistry)離子鍵
色键 sè jiàn chroma key色鍵
三键 sān jiàn triple link三鍵
金属键 jīn shǔ jiàn metallic bond金屬鍵
退格键 tuì gé jiàn backspace (keyboard)退格鍵

jiàn Decomposition & Compounds

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