関 — connection, barrier, gateway

せき関 connection

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 14 strokes abstract

U+95A2 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #70 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2173 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

connection
barrier
gateway
involve
concerning

word

せき seki Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

関(せき) seki barrier

かん kan On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

関(かん) 係(けい) kankei relation 関(かん) 連(れん) kanren relation に関(かん) する nikansuru related to 機(き) 関(かん) kikan organization に関(かん) して nikanshite regarding 関(かん) 心(しん) kanshin interest 関(かん) 西(さい) kansai Kansai (region) 関(かん) 東(とう) kantou Kanto region

かか kaka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

関(かか) わる kakawaru to be involved 関(かか) わり kakawari relation

Appears in idioms

関の山慣用句

the mountain at the barrier gate

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

もん門 gate #169

关 pass

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#169 門 gate