The kanji 関: meaning, readings and stroke order

関

Meaning: related, checkpoint
On reading: カン kan
Kun reading: せき seki、かか（わる） kakawaru
Strokes: 14
Radical: 門 gate
Level: Level 4 · grade 4
Old form: 關

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: liên quan, cửa ải (quan)
Japanese: かかわる。むかしのせきしょ。
Korean: 관계, 관문 (관)
Chinese: 关系、关口 (关)

Readings, words and example sentences

カン kan · on reading

関かん係けい
connection, link
二つの話は 関かん係けいがありません。
The two stories have nothing to do with each other.

せき seki · kun reading · less common

関せき所しょ
checkpoint on an old road
むかしの 関せき所しょがのこっています。
An old checkpoint is still there.

かか（わる） kakawaru · kun reading · less common

関かかわる
to affect, to have to do with
命に 関かかわる 問題です。
This is a matter of life and death.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.