関

See also: 關 and 关

関 U+95A2, 関 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95A2 ← 閡 [U+95A1] CJK Unified Ideographs 閣 → [U+95A3]

Translingual

Traditional	關
Shinjitai	関
Simplified	关

Glyph origin

Simplified from 關 (𢇇 → 关). Unorthodox form of 關 listed in the Kangxi dictionary.

The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.

Han character

関 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日弓廿大 (ANTK), four-corner 7743₀, composition ⿵門关)

References

• KangXi: page 1334, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41297
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4299, character 5
• Unihan data for U+95A2

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (卵) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
卵	*ɡ·roːlʔ, *ɡ·roːnʔ
關	*kroːn
関	*kroːn
聯	*ɡ·ron

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 関 – see 關 (“to close; to shut; to lock up; to detain; etc.”). (This character, 関, is a variant form of 關.)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04398-002

Japanese

See also 関する

Shinjitai	関
Kyūjitai	關

Kanji

関

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 關)

1. frontier pass
2. close
3. relation
4. barrier
5. gate

Readings

• Go-on: けん (ken)^{←けん (ken, historical)←くゑん (kwen, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)←くわん (kwan, ancient)}
• Kun: せき (seki, 関, Jōyō); かかわる (kakawaru, 関わる, Jōyō)^{←かかはる (kakafaru, 関はる, historical)}; かんぬき (kannuki, 関)^{←くわんぬき (kwannuki, 関, historical)}

Compounds

• 指(ゆび)関(かん)節(せつ) (yubikansetsu)
• 関(かん)西(さい) (Kansai)
• 関(せき)ヶ原(はら) (Sekigahara)
• 関(かん)係(けい) (kankei)
• 関(かん)連(れん) (kanren)
• 大(おお)関(ぜき) (ōzeki)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
関
かん Grade: 4
kan’on

Alternative spelling
關 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 關 (MC kˠuan).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​ん [káꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Affix

関(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}

1. barrier, gate
2. to concern; to relate to; connection

Noun

関(かん) • (kan) ^{←くわん (kwan)?}

1. barrier, gate

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
関
せき Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
關 (kyūjitai)

Proper noun

関(せき) • (Seki) 

1. Seki (a city in Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
2. a surname