■ radical
guān
frontier pass
How it’s built
Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 𢇇 represents the sound. The simplified character 关 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 關. The traditional component 門 was removed for simplification.
关
simplified
shut; turn off; involve — Shorthand for the 𢇇 component in the traditional character 關.
Through the ages