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guān

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guān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
guān | guan1
English translation
frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation

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About guān

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

guān

Contains the radical

mén

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

gate

Etymology of guān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

mén ⿱⿰幺幺丱

Semantic compound

mén

Phonetic compound

guàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. mén represents the meaning and 𢇇 represents the sound. The simplified character Guān was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character guān . The traditional component mén was removed for simplification.

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Words with guān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
关系 guānxi relation關係
关于 guānyú pertaining to關於
有关 yǒu guān to relate to有關
关注 guān zhù to pay attention to關注
Guān to close guān
相关 xiāngguān related相關
关心 guānxīn to care about關心
没关系 méiguānxi it doesn't matter沒關係
关键 guānjiàn crux關鍵
机关 jī guān gear機關
无关 wú guān unrelated無關
关闭 guānbì to close關閉
关掉 guān diào to switch off關掉
关联 guān lián related關聯
关门 guān mén to close a door關門
关上 guān shàng to close (a door)關上
关节 guān jié key point關節
公安机关 gōng ān jī guān public security bureau公安機關
关怀 guānhuái care關懷
无关紧要 wú guān jǐn yào indifferent無關緊要
开关 kāi guān power switch開關
海关 hǎiguān customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)海關
至关重要 zhì guān zhòng yào vital至關重要
关爱 guān aì to show concern and care for關愛
公关 gōngguān public relations公關

guān Decomposition & Compounds

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