关键 guānjiàn▶ กุญแจ; สำคัญ

Stroke order

关键 is written in 19 strokes across 2 characters.

• 关 — 6 strokes
• 键 — 13 strokes

Senses

1. crucial point
2. crux
3. key
4. crucial
5. pivotal

Example sentences

• 这是最关键的问题。Zhè shì zuì guānjiàn de wèntí.This is the key question.
• 关键是要努力。Guānjiàn shì yào nǔlì.The key is to work hard.

Related words

• 关ปิด
• 关于เกี่ยวกับ; ประมาณ
• 关心ดูแล, ห่วงใย
• 关系ความสัมพันธ์
• 关闭ปิด; งับ
• 海关ศุลกากร

关键 is pronounced guānjiàn and means “กุญแจ; สำคัญ”. HSK 4 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 关键 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.