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Chinese symbol for “juncture”

关头
guān tóu
Traditional: 關頭
juncture; moment

The closest CC-CEDICT match for juncture is 关头 (guān tóu), defined as: juncture; moment.

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

关 guān
frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
radical 12 ⼋ · 6 strokes
头 tóu
head; chief, boss; first, top
radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “juncture”

WordPinyinMeaning
时刻 (時刻)shí kètime; juncture
关口 (關口)guān kǒupass; gateway
接缝 (接縫)jiē fèngseam; join

Related words

Other words that share a character with 关头.

WordPinyinMeaning
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
相关 (相關)xiāng guānrelated; relevant
机关 (機關)jī guānmechanism; gear; machine-operated
头发 (頭髮)tóu fahair (on the head)
街头 (街頭)jiē tóustreet
镜头 (鏡頭)jìng tóucamera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc)

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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