关键

guānjiàn

crucial point; crux; key

nounadjective HSK 3.0 · Band 4 trad. 關鍵

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

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Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

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  • 键jiànkey (on a piano or computer keyboard)B5
  • 键盘jiànpánkeyboardB5

See it in sentences

学习的关键是多练习。

The key to learning is practice.

问题的关键在哪儿呢？

Where is the key to the problem?