関

See also 關, and 关

Translingual

Etymology

Old simplification of 關.

Han character

関 (radical 169 門+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日弓廿大 (ANTK), composition ⿵門关)

1. frontier pass
2. close
3. relation

References

• KangXi: page 1334, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41297
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4299, character 5
• Unihan data for U+95A2

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Cantonese

Hanzi

関 (jyutping gwaan1, Yale gwaan1)

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Japanese

Kanji

関 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: かん (kan), けん (ken), わん (wan)
• Kun: せき (seki), かんぬき (kannuki), かかわる (kakawaru)

Usage notes

Shinjitai

Compounds

• 指関節 (ゆびかんせつ, yubikansetsu)

Proper noun

関 (hiragana せき, romaji Seki)

1. A surname.

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Korean

Hanja

関 (hangeul 관, 완, revised gwan, wan, McCune-Reischauer kwan, wan, Yale kwan, wan)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

関 (pinyin guān (guan1), wān (wan1), wǎn (wan3), Wade-Giles kuan¹, wan¹, wan³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

関 (quan)