mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve

= + : A mean crocodile (丷) is chasing Gitta Giraffe (gu) in front of the anthill (an1). It almost caught up, when an angel (天) appears and pushes its off button (mnemonic symbol for 关) to save Gitta Giraffe.

关 character breakdown

"eight" component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 八[ba1]

Mnemonic symbol: a crocodile with mean eyes. Beelzebub (b) is fighting with eight crocodiles (丷) in front of the ashram (a1).
one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system
day / sky / heaven

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) programmed a robot (大) to play a flute duet together with her in front of the anthill (an1). As they play their flutes (一) an angel (天) hears their heavenly tune and descends from heaven to listen to them.

Characters with 关 as component

old variant of 笑[xiao4]

= + : This character just looks like a certain laughing cat: ⺮ are the eyes and 夭 looks like the snout.

= + : In the aorta's bathroom, Marie Curie tells Snow White a story how she once hoaxed the whole university into believing that her simple bamboo stick can be used as fuel assembly in a nuclear reactor. She can't stop laughing while she tells her story.
vassal state of Zhou in Shandong / Teng county in Shandong / surname Teng
variant of 關|关[guan1]
I / we (imperial use) / subtle
old variant of 養|养[yang3]
old variant of 餋[juan4]
raised path between fields
variant of 塍[cheng2]
have as remainder / trad. variant of 剩[sheng4]
pupil
to offer sacrifices

Words with 关

joint (physiology) / key point / critical phase
to turn off (a machine or device) / to finish shooting a film
juncture / moment
to show concern and care for
care / solicitude / to show care for / concerned about / attentive to
to put in detention (a soldier, a pupil)
to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom)
Northeast China / Manchuria / lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shan1 hai3 guan1] / Kantō region of Japan
(of a shop) to close down; to go out of business
customs duty / tariff
same as 陽關大道|阳关大道[Yang2 guan1 Da4 dao4]
variant of 關聯|关联[guan1 lian2]
Kansai region, Japan / Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
the utmost care (idiom); to look after sb in every possible way
to receive one's salary / to pay sb's wages
(lit.) the road through Yangguan 陽關|阳关[Yang2 guan1] / (fig.) wide open road / bright future
security measures (esp. border security) / official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times)

Sentences with 关

关 currently does not appear in any sentence.