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Chinese symbol for “concern”

事关
shì guān
Traditional: 事關
to concern; on (some topic); about; concerning

The closest CC-CEDICT match for concern is 事关 (shì guān), defined as: to concern; on (some topic); about; concerning; to have importance for.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

事 shì
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
radical 6 ⼅ · 8 strokes
关 guān
frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
radical 12 ⼋ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “concern”

WordPinyinMeaning
涉及shè jíto involve; to relate to; to concern; to touch upon
关系 (關係)guān xirelation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect
有关 (有關)yǒu guānto have sth to do with; to relate to
关注 (關注)guān zhùto pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media); concern; interest; attention
关 (關)guānmountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off

Related words

Other words that share a character with 事关.

WordPinyinMeaning
事件shì jiànincident; event
事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng)
故事gù shìold practice
军事 (軍事)jūn shìmilitary affairs; (attributive) military
事实 (事實)shì shífact; 个 (gè)
关系 (關係)guān xirelation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect
关于 (關於)guān yúpertaining to; concerning
有关 (有關)yǒu guānto have sth to do with; to relate to

See also: Japanese symbol for “concern”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.