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关键性 (guān jiàn xìng) — (noun/attribute) key, critical, crucial (the quality of being decisive or essential)

Definition

adjective
(noun/attribute) keycriticalcrucial (the quality of being decisive or essential)

Examples

  • 关键性。
    Zhè ge wèn tí de guān jiàn xìng bù róng hū shì.
    The crucial nature of this issue cannot be ignored.
  • 关键性。
    Tā zài xiàng mù zhōng fā huī le guān jiàn xìng zuò yòng.
    He played a critical role in the project.
  • 关键性。
    Zhè cì tán pàn de guān jiàn xìng zài yú shuāng fāng de hé zuò tài dù.
    The key to this negotiation lies in the cooperative attitude of both sides.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

关键key
关guānbolt键jiànkey
联合Coordinate
性xìngquality

关 and 键 together point to the crucial part, and 性 gives the sense of a quality.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 關; 关 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
門門méndoor
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢇅
𢇅𢇅關guān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For 关, the traditional form 關 shows 門 as a door and 𢇅 as two wooden sticks locking it, with ring-like marks on top.

Open 关 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鍵; 键 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
釒Written in full as金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
建
建jiàn鍵jiàn
Same sound today

The traditional form 鍵 combines 釒 (metal) with 建 for sound, and the evidence describes it as a metal key.

Open 键 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
忄Written in full as心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
生
生shēng性xìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.

Open 性 →
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