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関

Kanji 関: meaning "connection", readings, stroke order

The kanji 関 means "connection". On'yomi: カン; kun'yomi: せき、かかわる. JLPT N3 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
connection
On'yomi
カン
Kun'yomi
せきかかわる
Strokes
14
Level
JLPT N3
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
關 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 関

  • 玄関 げんかん — Entrance hall
  • 関係 かんけい — Relationship
  • 関心 かんしん — concern, interest
  • 関する かんする — to concern, to be related
  • 機関 きかん — engine; institution, organization
  • 関連 かんれん — Relation / connection
  • 関西 かんさい — south-western half of Japan, including Osaka
  • 関東 かんとう — eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo
  • 機関車 きかんしゃ — locomotive, engine
  • 交通機関 こうつうきかん — transportation facilities
  • 税関 ぜいかん — customs
  • にも関わらず にもかかわらず — in spite of, nevertheless

Stroke order · 14 strokes

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Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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