Kanji N3

関: connection, barrier, gateway

関 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning connection, barrier, gateway, written with 14 strokes. It is read カン (on) and せき, かかわる, からくり (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 関係 (かんけい, relation) and 関心 (かんしん, concern).

関

Meanings

  • connection
  • barrier
  • gateway
  • involve
  • concerning
Strokes14
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#70 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • カン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • せき
  • -ぜき
  • かかわる
  • からくり
  • かんぬき

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 関

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 関係かんけい

    relation; relationship; connection

    JLPT N4
  • 関心かんしん

    concern; interest

    JLPT N3
  • 関連かんれん

    relation; connection; relevance

    JLPT N3
  • 機関きかん

    engine

    JLPT N3
  • 玄関げんかん

    entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway

    JLPT N5
  • 関するかんする

    to concern; to be related

    JLPT N3
  • 関西かんさい

    Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures)

    JLPT N2
  • 関与かんよ

    participation; taking part in; participating in

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.