关

See also: 灷, 天, and 關

关 U+5173, 关 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5173 ← 兲 [U+5172] CJK Unified Ideographs 兴 → [U+5174]

Translingual

Traditional	關
Shinjitai	関
Simplified	关

Han character

关 (Kangxi radical 12, 八+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 廿大 (TK), four-corner 8080, composition ⿱丷天(GJ) or ⿱䒑大(GJ) or ⿱八天(T))

Stroke order

Derived characters

• 咲, 栚, 浂, 烪, 眹, 联, 朕, 送, 郑, 関/𬮦
• 𠈪, 𢬈, 𥒆, 𦨶, 𧧤, 𨈽, 𫕀, 𪵜, 𪠫, 𪲿, 𡗺, 𢕠, 𫞘, 𢜂
• 𭑹, 𬀲, 𰣌, 𱌌

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 127, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 242, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5173

Chinese

Glyph origin 1

Simplified from 関 (elimination of 門).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 关 – see 關 (“door bolt; to close; to shut; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 關).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Glyph origin 2

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 关 – see 笑 (“to laugh; to smile; to laugh at; to ridicule; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 笑).

Japanese

Kanji

关

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. frontier pass
2. close
3. relation

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}