关键
guānjiàn
key; important point
Characters in this word
键 jiàn
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 建 to build, to erect
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这是关键。 Zhè shì guānjiàn. This is the key point.
- 关键是时间。 Guānjiàn shì shíjiān. The key is time.
- 他抓住关键。 Tā zhuāzhù guānjiàn. He grasped the key point.
Related words
- 关 guān to close, to turn off
- 关上 guānshàng to close, to shut
- 没关系 méiguānxi it doesn't matter, never mind
- 关机 guānjī to turn off a device
- 关心 guānxīn to care about
- 关系 guānxi relationship; connection
- 关注 guānzhù to follow; to pay attention to
- 海关 hǎiguān customs
- 相关 xiāngguān related
- 关 guān checkpoint; barrier
- 关闭 guānbì to close; to turn off
- 关于 guānyú about