guān

to close; to shut; to turn off

HSK 1 #127

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 127th character
Radical ⼋ (12.4)
Strokes 6
Index # 532
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

关 guān
  1. 1. to close
  2. 2. to shut
  3. 3. to turn off
  4. 4. to concern
  5. 5. to involve
  6. 6. mountain pass
  7. 7. surname Guan

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Words containing 关

Word Meaning
grit one's teeth; endure pain or hardship
hurdle; barrier; checkpoint (for taxation, security etc)
not to affect sb; of no importance; irrelevant
Northeast China; Manchuria
human life is beyond value (idiom)
affair; shady relationship; adulterous relationship
climax (in a story)
social relation
to be deeply concerned; to be troubled (by)
Guantanamo Bay (in Cuba)
seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)
a matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)
tariff; customs duty
hip joint; pelvis
to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom)
variant of guān lián
jaw; mandibular joint
correlation
Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
nepotism; using family for favors
keyword
Kansai region, Japan
Yangguan Pass in Gansu
Xiaguan district of Nanjing City nán jīng shì in Jiangsu jiāng sū