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关键词 (guān jiàn cí) — keyword

Definition

noun
keyword
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 关键词。
    Qǐng zài zhè ge wǎng zhàn shàng shū rù nǐ de guān jiàn cí.
    Please enter your keyword on this website.
  • 关键词“”。
    Zhè piān wén zhāng de guān jiàn cí shì "rén gōng zhì néng".
    The keyword in this article is 'artificial intelligence'.
  • 关键词，。
    Tōng guò fēn xī guān jiàn cí, wǒ men kě yǐ liǎo jiě yòng hù de xū qiú.
    By analyzing keywords, we can understand users' needs.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

关键key
关guānbar键jiànkey
联合Coordinate
词cíword

关 and 键 form key, and 词 gives word: a key word for searching or indexing.

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.

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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.

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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 詞; 词 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech
Sound part声符shēngfú
司
司sī詞cí(r)
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 詞 uses 言, meaning speech, and 司 to show how it was pronounced; the simplified 词 is a shorthand, and its right side is not the historical sound part.

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