関

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See also: 關 and 关
関 U+95A2, 関
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95A2
← 閡
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 閣 →

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 Dictionary: 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 (“door bolt; to close; to shut; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 關).

References

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

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
関
かん
Grade: 4
kan’on
Alternative spelling
關 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 關 (MC kwaen).

Pronunciation

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

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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