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关 — mountain pass; to close; to shut

mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off

Pinyin
guān · Guān
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — guān, Guān — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 关: 6 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

关 — 6 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 关 in the HSK syllabus: 31

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 没关系méi guānxiit doesn't matterHSK 1
  2. 关guānmountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn offHSK 3
  3. 关机guānjīto turn off; to finish shooting a filmHSK 3
  4. 关系guānxìrelation; relationship; to concern; to affectHSK 3
  5. 关心guānxīnto be concerned about; to care aboutHSK 3
  6. 关于guānyúpertaining to; concerning; with regard to; aboutHSK 3
  7. 关注guānzhùto pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to followHSK 3
  8. 有关yǒuguānto have sth to do with; to relate to; related toHSK 3
  9. 关键guānjiàncrucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotalHSK 4
  10. 关闭guānbìto close; to shut; to shut downHSK 5
  11. 海关hǎiguāncustomsHSK 5
  12. 无关wúguānunrelated; having nothing to doHSK 5
  13. 相关xiāngguānrelated; relevant; pertinent; to be interrelatedHSK 5
  14. 关爱guān’àito show concern and care forHSK 6
  15. 关怀guānhuáicare; solicitude; to show care for; concerned aboutHSK 6
  16. 关联guānliánto be related; to be connectedHSK 6
  17. 开关kāiguānpower switch; gas valve; to open the city gateHSK 6
  18. 至关重要zhìguān-zhòngyàoextremely important; vital; crucial; essentialHSK 6
  19. 把关bǎguānto guard a pass; to check on sthHSK 7–9
  20. 公关gōngguānpublic relationsHSK 7–9
  21. 攻关gōngguānto storm a strategic passHSK 7–9
  22. 关节guānjiéjoint; key point; critical phaseHSK 7–9
  23. 关切guānqièto be deeply concerned; to be troubledHSK 7–9
  24. 关税guānshuìcustoms duty; tariffHSK 7–9
  25. 关头guāntóujuncture; momentHSK 7–9
  26. 关照guānzhàoto take care; to keep an eye on; to look afterHSK 7–9
  27. 过关guòguānto cross a barrier; to get through; to passHSK 7–9
  28. 机关jīguānmechanism; gear; machine-operatedHSK 7–9
  29. 难关nánguāndifficulty; crisisHSK 7–9
  30. 无关紧要wúguān-jǐnyàoindifferent; insignificantHSK 7–9
  31. 息息相关xīxī-xiāngguānclosely bound up; intimately relatedHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.