关

关

See also: 灷, 天, and 關

关 U+5173, 关 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5173 ← 兲 [U+5172] CJK Unified Ideographs 兴 → [U+5174]

Translingual

Traditional	關
Shinjitai	関
Simplified	关

Han character

关 (Kangxi radical 12, 八+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 廿大 (TK), four-corner 8080, composition ⿱丷天(GJ) or ⿱䒑大(GJ) or ⿱八天(T))

Stroke order

Derived characters

• 𠈪, 咲, 𢬈, 浂, 𫕀, 送, 𬀲, 朕, 栚, 𪵜, 烪, 眹, 𥒆, 联, 𦨶, 𰣌, 郑, 𪠫, 𪲿, 𡗺, 関(𬮦), 𢕠, 𫞘, 𱌌, 𢜂

References

• KangXi: page 127, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 242, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5173

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Chinese

Glyph origin 1

Simplified from 関 (elimination of 門).

Definitions

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

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 关 – see 笑 (“to laugh; to smile; to laugh at; to ridicule; etc.”). (This character, 关, is a variant form of 笑.)

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Japanese

Kanji

关

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}