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関 せき、-ぜき、かか.わる、からくり、かんぬき 関係(かんけい): (1) relation; relationship; connection (2) participation; involvement; concern (3) influence; effect (4) sexual relations; sexual relationship (5) related to ...; connected to ...関心(かんしん): concern; interest関連(かんれん): relation; connection; relevance機関(きかん): (1) engine (2) agency; organisation; organization; institution; organ; body (3) system; facility; facilities関税(かんぜい): tariff (import tax); duty; customs玄関(げんかん): entranceway; entry hall; vestibule; foyer; entryway; mud room税関(ぜいかん): customs house機関車(きかんしゃ): locomotive; engineにも関わらず(にもかかわらず): in spite of; nevertheless関西(かんさい): Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka)関与(かんよ): participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in交通機関(こうつうきかん): transportation facilities関する(かんする): to concern; to be related関東(かんとう): Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo) 4 門: gate; counter for cannons关: frontier pass; close; relation 門 8 關 connection The wooly mammoth Smashes the gates down restoring the connection between the glacier and the low lands.

Accepted Answer

カン connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning 3 70 14 169 もん・もんがまえ・かどがまえ 会意 Compound Ideographic At the airport, the woolly mammoth was too big. When he tried to go through his flight's gate he got stuck and missed his connecting flight.

Kanji	関
Onyomi	カン
Kunyomi	せき、-ぜき、かか.わる、からくり、かんぬき
English	connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning
Examples	関係(かんけい): (1) relation; relationship; connection (2) participation; involvement; concern (3) influence; effect (4) sexual relations; sexual relationship (5) related to ...; connected to ... 関心(かんしん): concern; interest 関連(かんれん): relation; connection; relevance 機関(きかん): (1) engine (2) agency; organisation; organization; institution; organ; body (3) system; facility; facilities 関税(かんぜい): tariff (import tax); duty; customs 玄関(げんかん): entranceway; entry hall; vestibule; foyer; entryway; mud room 税関(ぜいかん): customs house 機関車(きかんしゃ): locomotive; engine にも関わらず(にもかかわらず): in spite of; nevertheless 関西(かんさい): Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka) 関与(かんよ): participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in 交通機関(こうつうきかん): transportation facilities 関する(かんする): to concern; to be related 関東(かんとう): Kantou (eastern half of Japan, including Tokyo)
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	70
Components	門: gate; counter for cannons 关: frontier pass; close; relation
Number of Strokes	14
Kanji Radical	門
Radical Number	169
Radical Strokes	8
Radical Reading	もん・もんがまえ・かどがまえ
Traditional Form	關
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	connection
Koohii Story 1	At the airport, the woolly mammoth was too big. When he tried to go through his flight's gate he got stuck and missed his connecting flight.
Koohii Story 2	The wooly mammoth Smashes the gates down restoring the connection between the glacier and the low lands.

Connection Relation Participation Sexual Related Concern Engine Facilities