Chinese symbol for “customs”
海关
hǎi guān
Traditional: 海關
customs (i.e. border crossing inspection); 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for customs is 海关 (hǎi guān), defined as: customs (i.e. border crossing inspection); 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “customs”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 海关.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas; abroad |
| 海军 (海軍) | hǎi jūn | navy |
| 海洋 | hǎi yáng | ocean |
| 海上 | hǎi shàng | maritime |
| 沿海 | yán hǎi | coastal |
| 海岸 | hǎi àn | coastal; seacoast |
| 关系 (關係) | guān xi | relation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect |
| 关于 (關於) | guān yú | pertaining to; concerning |
See also: Japanese symbol for “customs”.
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.