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掛 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
3Junior high level ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
カイ・ケイ
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
Meaning
hang; suspend

Origin

ORIGIN

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

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

かける掛ける

Compare: 懸ける・架ける・賭ける

かかる掛かる

Compare: 係る・懸かる・架かる

かかり掛

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)

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

壁に絵を掛けた。

I hung a picture on the wall.

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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