guān

to close

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𢇇 represents the sound.

Components
門 meaning component

  Meaning component

mén

  

door

𢇇 sound component

𢇇  Sound component

guān

  

to run threads though a web in weaving

Evolution

關 Bronze script Warring States (475-221 BC)

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)
關 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
關 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
關 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

guān

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

() 

Guān

surname Guan

Most common words with 關
Freq.
Word
Meaning

关系

relation

关于

pertaining to

有关

to relate to

关注

to pay attention to

to close

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤro[n]

kwaen

guān

barrier

*[k]ˤro[n]

kwaen

guān

關關 kwaen.kwaen [bird’s cry]

*kˤro[n]

kwaen

guān

間關 sound of a chariot's linchpin (Ode 218.1)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 98.5424% of movies

151st most common character in movies

127th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

19

Simplified

Unicode

U+95DC

Shuowen

“關,以木橫持門戶也。从門,聲。”


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