关
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mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #189 U+5173
How 关 is formed
How to remember it
shut · Heisig RSH #1469
animal horns + 天 heavens — as a component also called: golden calf
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 关 as their sound component
These characters all use 关 (guān) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 关 sound component | guān | frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation |
| 联 | lián | ally, associate; to connect, to join |
Words containing 关
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 关中地区 | Guān zhōng dì qū | Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi |
| 山海关区 | Shān hǎi guān Qū | Shanhaiguan, a district of Qinhuangdao City 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 Shi4], Hebei |
| 大关县 | Dà guān Xiàn | Daguan, a county in Zhaotong City 昭通市[Zhao1 tong1 Shi4], Yunnan |
| 马关县 | Mǎ guān Xiàn | Maguan, a county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2… |
| 公家机关 | gōng jiā jī guān | civil service |
| 山海关 | Shān hǎi Guān | Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall |
| 山海关 | Shān hǎi guān | see 山海關區|山海关区[Shan1 hai3 guan1 Qu1] |
| 公安机关 | gōng ān jī guān | public security bureau |
| 气动开关 | qì dòng kāi guān | pneumatic switch |
| 事关重大 | shì guān zhòng dà | the implications are profound; the ramifications are huge; (of a decision etc) consequenti… |
| 南关区 | Nán guān Qū | Nanguan, a district of Changchun City 長春市|长春市[Chang2 chun1 Shi4], Jilin |
| 城关区 | Chéng guān Qū | Chengguan, a district of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu; Chengguan, a distri… |
| 阳关大道 | Yáng guān Dà dào | (lit.) the road through Yangguan 陽關|阳关[Yang2 guan1]; (fig.) wide open road; bright future |
| 大关 | Dà guān | see 大關縣|大关县[Da4 guan1 Xian4] |
| 大关 | dà guān | strategic pass; barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figur… |
| 关子 | guān zi | climax (in a story) |
| 机关车 | jī guān chē | locomotive |
| 生死关头 | shēng sǐ guān tóu | the critical moment; life and death crisis |
| 国关 | Guó Guān | abbr. for 國際關係學院|国际关系学院[Guo2 ji4 Guan1 xi4 Xue2 yuan4], University of International Relati… |
| 关山 | guān shān | fortresses and mountains (along the Great Wall); one's hometown |