Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 関


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Meaning

checkpoint, barrier, connection, related

Pronunciation

KAN
seki

Explanation

Outside: gate , inside: a border guard (= barrier with two barrier bars and a person with upraised arms )

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

gate(The radical mon ia the picture of a gate.)
way out
border guard(A barrier with two barrier bars and a person with upraised arms 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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