mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve
关
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丷
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天
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A mean crocodile (丷) is chasing Gitta Giraffe (gu) in front of the anthill (an1). It almost caught up, when an angel (天) appears and pushes its off button (mnemonic symbol for 关) to save Gitta Giraffe.
關 character breakdown
The character 關 cannot be broken down into individual components.
Characters with 關 as component
關
is not used as a component in another character.
strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs
Chengguan District of Lhasa City 拉薩市|拉萨市[La1 sa4 Shi4], Tibetan: Lha sa khrin kon chus, Tibet / Chengguan district of Lanzhou city 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu
Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall / Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 shi4], Hebei