Memory phrase for the character: 关


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Meaning to close, to shut, to turn off, mountain pass

Pronunciation

guān

Explanation

Top: out of , below: heaven - Shows a mountain pass (=lowest section of a ridge), which is "in the sky", but from which it gets higher

Mnemonic


 
(Depending on the weather) A mountain pass can be closed.

Radicals

to closeThe meaning is actually “to close”. But also: pass summit or mountain pass. The pass is already in “heaven” , but from there it goes higher, because otherwise it wouldn't be a pass. And (due to the weather) a pass can be closed.
coming out
skyDon't mistake with "early death" , even if there is some overlapping in the explanations. 
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 Vocabulary

有关 yǒu guān  to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning
闯关 chuǎng guān  to crash through a barrier
关之琳 Guān Zhī lín  Rosamund Kwan (1962-), Hong Kong actress
关颖珊 Guān Yǐng shān  Michelle Kwan
关系融洽 guān xì róng qià  social rapport; harmonious relations; sociable
生死攸关 shēng sǐ yōu guān  matter of life and death
攸关 yōu guān  of great concern
韶关 Sháo guān  Shaoguan prefecture level city in Guangdong
闯关者 chuǎng guān zhě  person who crashes through a barrier; gate-crasher
关节 guān jié  joint
相关 xiāng guān  interrelated; correlation; dependence; relevance; mutuality
相关 xiāng guān  


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