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懸

Suspend
Stroke count: 20

Readings

On readingケン、ケ
Kun readingか.ける、か.かる

Verbs with «懸»

懸念する

Meanings

  1. suspendRtK
  2. consult
  3. depend
  4. distant
  5. far apart
  6. hang
  7. state of suspension
  1. credit
  2. money owed on an account
  3. bill
  4. hanger
  5. holder

Popular Usage

一生懸命懸賞

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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prefecture · eye (目) · fishhook · small (小) · little (小) · lineage · stick (丨) · drop (丶) · thread (糸) · spiderman · heart (心)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1495

Compound words

彼は弁護士になるために、一生懸命勉強している。
He is studying hard so that he may become a lawyer.tatoeba
彼は昼も夜も一生懸命働かなけばならなかった。
He had to work hard day and night.tatoeba
彼は大統領選挙で懸命に戦った。
He made a hard run of the presidency.tatoeba
彼は大学に入れるように一生懸命勉強した。
He studied hard in order to get into college.tatoeba
大相撲で勝った力士が懸賞を受け取るときに手でおこなう所作。
The ceremonial hand movement made by a sumo wrestler when receiving a monetary award.wiki

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

本当に好きならば好きな人のために命を懸けても惜しくないはずだ。
ほんとうにすきならばすきなひとのためにいのちをかけてもおしくないはずだ。If you truly love someone, you shouldn't hesitate to risk your life for them.
懸賞ってほんとに当たるのかね
けんしょうってほんとにあたるのかねDoes anyone really win those prize draws?
懸念を抱かざるを得ない
けねんをいだかざるをえないI have no choice but to harbor concerns.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

20 strokes

To hang; to stake. 縣 (a head hanging by a thread 系) + heart 心 — something hanging on your heart: concern, risk.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 懸

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step