键盘 (jiàn pán) — keyboard | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

keyboard

Measure word · 台

Examples

键盘。
Wǒ měi tiān yòng jiàn pán dǎ zì.
I use a keyboard to type every day.
键盘。
Tā zhèng zài yòng jiàn pán tán gāng qín.
She is playing the piano with a keyboard.
键盘。
Qǐng bǎ jiàn pán fàng zài zhuō zi shàng.
Please put the keyboard on the table.

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.

键 'keys' arranged on a 盘 'panel' forms the idea of a keyboard.

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 鍵; 键 is its simplified writing.

釒建鍵

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.

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 盤; 盘 is its simplified writing.

般皿盤

Meaning part形符xíngfú

皿皿mǐn

Sound part声符shēngfú

般

般bān盤pán

Same sound today

The traditional form 盤 pairs 般, which gives the sound, with 皿, a vessel. This note is about 盤, not the simplified 盘.

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