guān
noun #63,971

Meanings

  1. 1 (variant) variant of 关 / 關: a pass; barrier; to close

Examples

山海关长城起点
Shānhǎiguān shì Chángchéng de dōng qǐdiǎn.
Shanhai Pass is the eastern start of the Great Wall.

Tips

history
Not a standard Chinese character — it is the Japanese shinjitai form of , whose mainland simplified form is . You meet it only in Japanese text or Japanese proper names; in Chinese always write .
register
Foreign-variant glyph; appears in cross-language and etymology notes, never in written Chinese.

Components

radical
mén
gate; door
The gate radical (here in its fuller traditional gate shape) encloses the character — a is a barrier or pass set in a gateway.
phonetic
guān
shut; pass (inner element)
The simplified bolt-shape inside the gate stands for the locking element. In this Japanese variant it replaces the dense traditional interior of while keeping the guān reading and the 'shut / barrier' sense.

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Stroke Order

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