Close in Chinese (Mandarin): 关 (guān)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 关

• 关 / 關

  To close; also to turn off.

  6 strokes

First tone. It is the opposite of 开: 关门 (close the door), 关灯 (turn off the light).

More examples with 关

• 请关灯。

  請關燈。

  Qǐng guān dēng.

  Please turn off the light.

• 商店八点关门。

  商店八點關門。

  Shāngdiàn bā diǎn guān mén.

  The store closes at eight.

How to write 关 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.

In Traditional characters: