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关

guān

to close

Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 𢇇 represents the sound. The simplified character 关 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 關. The traditional component 門 was removed for simplification.

Components
門 meaning,deleted component

門  Meaning Deleted component

mén

  

door

The traditional component 門 was removed for simplification.

𢇇 sound,simplified component

𢇇  Sound Simplified component

guān

  

to run threads though a web in weaving

Shorthand for the 𢇇 component in the traditional character 關.

Evolution

关 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
关 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
关 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
关 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

关 (關) 

guān

frontier pass; close; relation; mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve

关 (關) 

Guān

surname Guan

Most common words with 关
Freq.
Word
Meaning

关系

relation

关于

pertaining to

有关

to relate to

关注

to pay attention to

关

to close

Component uses

Simplified component in 2 characters (1 verified)

联 郑

Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 98.5424% of movies

151st most common character in movies

127th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

關

Unicode

U+5173


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