懸 — 20 strokes ／ Radical「心」
道準2High school level ／ 20 strokes ／ Radical「心」
- On
- ケン・ケけん・け · ken · ke
- Kun
- か.ける・か.かるka.keru · ka.karu
- Meaning
- suspend; be at stake
Stroke order
Origin
With 心 "heart": to hang something on one's heart — to suspend, to be at stake.
Readings and examples
| Onケンけんken | 懸垂けんすい懸賞けんしょう懸命けんめい |
|---|---|
| Onケけke | 懸念けねん懸想けそう |
| Kunかけるkakeru | 懸けるかける命懸けいのちがけ Compare: 掛ける・架ける・賭ける |
| Kunかかるkakaru | 懸かるかかる Compare: 掛かる・架かる |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 懸念けねん
concern; anxiety
- 懸賞けんしょう
prize; reward
- 袈裟懸けけさがけ
- 懸樋かけひ
Example
安全に懸念が残る。
Concerns about safety remain.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)