关怀

guānhuái · HSK 5

show loving care/concern for

🤗 关 = close/concern + 怀 = bosom/heart — holding someone close to heart

关 carries the sense of caring attention (also 'to close'), and 怀 means bosom or to cherish. Together they name the act of keeping someone in your heart with active concern — the warm, attentive kind of care.

关 — door 门 + simplified 关 inside
关 is the simplified form of 關. The traditional character showed a gate (門) with a bolt or crossbar inside, depicting a barred door — hence 'to close' or 'shut'. Meaning later extended to 'pass' (a guarded gate), 'barrier', and figuratively 'concern' or 'connection'.

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