| 365 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 467 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 444 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 104 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4958 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 289 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 982 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2245 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 398 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 402 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 446 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1844 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4129 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2099 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2842 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2036 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41297 | Morohashi |
| 3328 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6402 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2017 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2173 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 84 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 614 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
70 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 関 【カン】 barrier, gate
- 関係 【カンケイ】 relation, relationship, connection, participation, involvement, concern, influence, effect, sexual relations, sexual relationship, related to, connected to
- 連関 【レンカン】 connection, relation, linkage
- 通関 【ツウカン】 customs clearance
Kun reading compounds
- 関 【せき】 barrier, gate, seki, mutual life
- 関取 【せきとり】 ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions
- 霞ヶ関 【かすみがせき】 Kasumigaseki, district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located, government ministries (of Japan), Japanese government bureaucracy
- 関わる 【かかわる】 to be involved (in), to get involved (in), to concern oneself (with), to take part (in), to interfere (in), to relate to (a matter), to pertain to, to concern, to have to do with, to (seriously) affect, to concern, to have a serious bearing (on), to stick (to), to adhere (to), to be particular (about)
- 覗き機関 【のぞきからくり】 peep show, device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
- 水機関 【みずからくり】 puppet powered by (falling) water, water-powered contrivance, show using such a device (in Edo-period Osaka)
Readings
- Korean:
- gwan, wan
Spanish
- barrera
- puerta
- relación
- mecanismo
- valla
Portuguese
- conexão
- obstáculo
- passagem
- emvolver
- concernente
French
- relation
- barrière
- lien
- rapport
- concerner
| 3863 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8e6.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-8-6 | SKIP code |
| 7743.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 95a2 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1806 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 脇侍 【ワキジ】 flanking image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)
- 脇息 【キョウソク】 armrest
Kun reading compounds
- 脇 【わき】 armpit, under one's arm, side, flank, beside, close to, near, by, aside, to the side, away, out of the way, off-track, off-topic, deuteragonist, supporting role, second verse (in a linked series of poems)
- 脇見 【わきみ】 looking from the side, looking aside
- 床脇 【とこわき】 section of a room next to the alcove (where shelves are often placed)
- 口脇 【くちわき】 edges of the mouth
- 関脇 【せきわけ】 wrestler of the third highest rank
Readings
- Korean:
- hyeob
Spanish
- axila
- sobaco
- flanco
- lado
- lateral
Portuguese
French
- flanc
- aisselle
- de côté (regard)
- ailleurs (regard)
- second rôle
| 1583 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3765 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1083 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1336 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1188 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 859 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 879 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 29467 | Morohashi |
| 952 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4807 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 870 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 935 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4b6.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 7422.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-47-38 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8107 | Unicode hex code |