IDENTITY
关guānto close; to turn off; relation
HSK 1Top 250
CORE MEANING
to close; to turn off; relation
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to close; to shutHSK1
- 2.relation; to concernHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 丷eight radical (bā)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱丷天
- the two bolts
- body under the bolts
USAGE
Common words
关心guānxīnto care about
关门guānménto close the door
关系guānxirelation
Graded examples
请把门关上。Qǐng bǎ mén guān shang.HSK2
Please close the door.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Two bolts (丷) slid shut — closed. (Simplified from 關, a barred gate.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #250
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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