Hello, sorry if this is a

sort of question but it is driving me bonkers!
I`ve got two chucks, one is a tiny 0MT drill chuck, one is a recently aquired lathe 3 jaw chuck and I`ve even got another chuck tonight arriving possibly without the key.
I`ve googled and googled and I don`t see how to identify the correct key with the chuck! for example, the lathe chuck that I have has a 4mm pin and I`ve got a key with a 4mm pin but the leaves are no way near big enough to engage! So clearly there must be more to it than just the pin size..! I know Chronos state pin size and number of teeth but how do you identify how many teeth you need from looking at the chuck? I presume the more teeth, the bigger the key size.
Any help appreciate. Please don`t tell me it is trial and error
Sorry if this is an obvious one.
Chris