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Kanji Detail for 関 - "barrier, to relate"

関

  • Meaning

    関 means "barrier, to relate." Also associated with to close.

    1. Barrier - A checkpoint; a gate.

    2. Relate - To connect; to involve.

    3. Close - To shut; to lock.

  • Words using 関

    • 機関 きかん Listen engine; agency; organisation
    • 関係 かんけい Listen relation; relationship; connection
    • 関心 かんしん Listen concern; interest
    • 関係者 かんけいしゃ Listen person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned
    • 関税 かんぜい Listen customs (duties); duty; tariff
    • 関西 かんさい Listen Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
    • 金融機関 きんゆうきかん Listen financial institutions; banking facilities
    • 大関 おおぜき Listen ōzeki (second highest rank in sumo)

  • Four-character idioms with 関

    • 相関関係 そうかんかんけい Listen correlation; interrelation; intertwining
    • 亭主関白 ていしゅかんぱく Listen domineering husband; hectoring husband; husband who rules the roost

  • Tattoo check: 関

    • Verified meaning: barrier, to relate
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かん, せき, とおる)
    • Also carries these associations: to close

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 関

    Surnames 関(かん)Listen 関(せき)Listen 関(とおる)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    connection; barrier; gateway; involve; concerning

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    frontier pass; close; relation

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 關|关[guan1]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kan(カン) カン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kaka.waru(かか-わる) かか-わる

    kan'nuki(かんぬき) かんぬき

    karakuri(からくり) からくり

    seki(せき) せき

    zeki(ぜき) ぜき

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    門 (mon・mongamae・kadogamae)

  • Related Keywords

    barrier relate close border gateway involve entrust lock mechanism connection relationship checkpoint link junction guard boundary association

Sentences including 関

  • This accident has nothing to do with me.

  • I am not concerned with the affair.

  • I would like to read books on japanese history.

  • He is in the banking line.

  • Bill , answer the door.

  • He had much to do with the project.

  • All the answers to this question were wrong.

  • He has something to do with the traffic accident.

  • With all his efforts , the accident happened.

  • That's all right as far as i am concerned.

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