漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
掛: hang, suspend
Also: depend, arrive at, tax, pour
JLPT N311 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 扌hand(meaning)
- 卦(sound)
扌 carries the meaning · 卦 gives the sound
11 strokes
Six readings, and the words that use each
かけるkakeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 掛けるかけるhang, cover, sit down, pour [v.t.]
- 出掛けるでかけるgot out, depart
- 言い掛けるいいかけるbegin speaking
- 見せ掛けるみせかけるpretend, feign
かけkake · kun'yomi
- 掛け算かけざんmultiplication
- 腰掛けこしかけseat, bench
- 仕掛けしかけdevice, trick, mechanism
-がけ-gake · kun'yomi
- 心掛けるこころがけるbear in mind, aim to
かかるkakaru · kun'yomi
- 掛かるかかるhang, be locked [v.i.]
-がかり-gakari · kun'yomi
- 親掛かりおやがかりdependent on one's parents
かかりkakari · kun'yomi
- 掛かかりcharge, duty, post
Also read カイ, ケイ, -かける, -かけ, -かかる, -がかる, かかり, -がかり, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 挂 · traditional, as in Japanese · guà
Japan keeps the traditional form 掛; mainland China simplifies it to 挂.
- Simplified
- 挂 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 掛 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin guà most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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