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関 · connection, barrier

関 is a kanji meaning connection, barrier, gateway, involve. It has 14 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • カンkan

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • せきseki
  • -ぜき-zeki
  • かかわるkakawaru
  • からくりkarakuri
  • かんぬきkannuki

Practise the N3 kanji

In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 関 · 14 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 関
WordReadingMeaningLevel
玄関げんかんentrance (to a house or a building)N5
関係かんけいrelation(ship), connectionN4
関心かんしんconcern, interestN3
関するかんするto concern, to be relatedN3
関連かんれんrelation, connection, relevanceN3
機関きかんengine; institution, organizationN3
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More words that use 関
WordReadingMeaningLevel
関西かんさいsouth-western half of Japan, including OsakaN2
関東かんとうeastern half of Japan, including TokyoN2
機関車きかんしゃlocomotive, engineN2
交通機関こうつうきかんtransportation facilitiesN2
税関ぜいかんcustomsN2
にも関わらずにもかかわらずin spite of, neverthelessN1
関税かんぜいcustoms, duty, tariffN1
関与かんよparticipation, taking part inN1

Example sentence

だれか玄関にいる。

だれかげんかんにいる

Someone is at the door.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #203197 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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