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掛 — 11 strokes / Radical「扌」

道
3Junior high level / 11 strokes / Radical「扌」
On
カイ・ケイかい・けい · kai · kei
Kun
か.ける・-か.ける・か.け・-か.け・-が.け・か.かる・-か.かる・-が.かる・か.かり・-が.かり・かかり・-がかりka.keru · ka.keru · ka.ke · ka.ke · ga.ke · ka.karu · ka.karu · ga.karu · ka.kari · ga.kari · kakari · gakari
Meaning
hang; suspend

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

扌 "hand" with 卦: to hook and hang by hand — to hang, to suspend.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Kunかけるkakeru掛けるかける

Compare: 懸ける・架ける・賭ける

Kunかかるkakaru掛かるかかる

Compare: 係る・懸かる・架かる

Kunかかりkakari掛かかり

Compare: 係

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 掛図かけず

    wall chart

  • 掛かるかかる

    to hang; to take (time)

More words with this kanji

  • 肘掛けひじかけ
  • 凭り掛かるよりかかる
  • 掛軸かけじく
  • 打掛うちかけ
  • 襷掛けたすきがけ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

壁(かべ)に絵(え)を掛(か)けた。

I hung a picture on the wall.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

掛図掛図drawin…択choose抑hold…抽extrac…拘arrest掃sweep刑punish…怪suspic…悔regret契pledge掲put up
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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