Memory phrase for the Kanji: 関

関

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Meaning checkpoint, barrier, connection, related

Pronunciation

KAN
seki

Explanation

Outside: gate 門, inside: a border guard 龹 (= barrier with two 二 barrier bars and a person 人 with upraised arms 丷)

Mnemonic
 
The gate is blocked with two bars and the alarmed guard at: the checkpoint.

Radicals

門 gateThe radical mon is the picture of a gate.
丷 way out
龹 border guardA barrier with two 二 barrier bars and a person 人 with upraised arms 丷 mark the: border guard.
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 Vocabulary

税関 ぜいかん  customs house
関節 かんせつ  joint (knee, elbow)
玄関 げんかん  entranceway, entry hall
関する かんする  to concern, to be related
関西 かんさい  Kanzai (west part of main island Honshu)
関係 かんけい  relation, connection
交通機関 こうつうきかん  transportation facilities
関東 かんとう  Kanto (eastern half of Japan including Tokyo)
機関 きかん  organ, mechanism, facility, engine

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