關

gua̅n = gu + an1

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 = 丷 + 天 : 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.

Words with 關

it doesn't matter

mechanism; gear / machine-operated / office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body / stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick / CL:個|个[ge4]

customs (i.e. border crossing inspection) / CL:個|个[ge4]

machine gun / also written 機槍|机枪[ji1 qiang1]

not the least bit concerned / completely indifferent

General Administration of Customs (GAC)

locomotive

positive correlation

all parties involved

pneumatic switch

see 沒關係|没关系[mei2 guan1 xi5]

PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)

customs officer

customs section

customs clearance

related to / concerning / to be correlated

official (government-operated) newspaper

machine-operated stage scenery

machine cannon / machine-gun cannon

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if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4])

Sentences with 關

關 currently does not appear in any sentence.