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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).

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

海 hǎi
sea, ocean; maritime
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
关 guān
frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
radical 12 ⼋ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “customs”

WordPinyinMeaning
规矩 (規矩)guī julit. compass and set square; fig. established standard

Related words

Other words that share a character with 海关.

WordPinyinMeaning
海外hǎi wàioverseas; abroad
海军 (海軍)hǎi jūnnavy
海洋hǎi yángocean
海上hǎi shàngmaritime
沿海yán hǎicoastal
海岸hǎi àncoastal; seacoast
关系 (關係)guān xirelation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect
关于 (關於)guān yúpertaining 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.

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