Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1336 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: arrest, seize, concerned, adhere to, despite

Kunyomi: かか.わる

Onyomi: コウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: hand

Examples

Onyomi Examples

コウソク restriction, restraint, binding, constraint

コウキン detention, custody, confinement, internment

Kunyomi Examples

関わる かかわる to be affected, to be influenced, to be concerned with, to have to do with, to stick to (opinions)