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掛

Hang
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingカイ
Kun readingか.ける、か.かる

Verbs with «掛»

掛ける掛かる仕掛ける掛け合う

Meanings

  1. hangRtK
  2. suspend
  3. depend
  4. arrive at
  5. tax
  6. pour
  1. to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)
  2. to hang
  3. to come into view
  4. to arrive
  5. to come under (a contract, a tax)

Popular Usage

掛ける掛かるお目に掛かる掛け算腰掛け腰掛ける追い掛ける思い掛けない掛け切っ掛け

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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finger · fingers · ivy · square jewel · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · magic wand · augury

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 727

Compound words

掛けるかける
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to suspend (from); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag)
掛かるかかる
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax)
腰掛けこしかけ
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
掛け算かけざん
multiplication
腰掛けるこしかける
to sit (down)
掛軸かけじく
hanging scroll
掛け布団かけぶとん
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter
掛けかけ
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hanger; holder
掛け金かけきん
installment; instalment; premium; bill
掛け声かけごえ
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
掛け軸かけじく
hanging scroll
仕掛けしかけ
device; contrivance; mechanism; gadget; trick
見せ掛けみせかけ
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham
仕掛けるしかける
to start; to begin; to commence; to challenge; to pick (a fight)
大掛かりおおがかり
large-scale
足掛かりあしがかり
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
引っ掛けるひっかける
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to trap
差し掛かるさしかかる
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to approach (e.g. a climax)
取り掛かるとりかかる
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
肘掛ひじかけ
armrest (of a chair)
襷掛たすきがけ
tucking up the sleeves of a kimono with a tasuki
鮎掛けあゆかけ
fourspine sculpin (Cottus kazika)
夏掛けなつがけ
summer-use futon
火燵掛こたつがけ
futon or cloth attached to the kotatsu's frame
納屋のドアは不注意にも掛け金がはずれたままになっていた。かけがね
The barn door had been carelessly left unlatched.tatoeba
長くつき合うには掛けは禁物。かけ
Short accounts make long friends.tatoeba
彼は塀に梯子を掛けた。
He placed the ladder against the fence.tatoeba
彼は彼女にはもう二度と話し掛けたくないとまで言った。
He went to the length of saying that he would never speak to her again.tatoeba
彼は度胸を据えて外人に話し掛けた。
He mustered up his courage to talk to a foreigner.tatoeba
彼は聴衆に静かな口調で話し掛けました。
He addressed the audience in a soft voice.tatoeba
蒸米は強く仕掛ける。
The steamed rice is fermented strongly.wiki
だが、ともに両界を掛ける。
However, both are displayed.wiki
弦が掛かる部分で、弦から掛かる弓力を直に受ける。
The part where a string is set and receives direct pressure from a string.wiki
壁にはパブロ・ピカソや竹久夢二などの絵画が掛かる。
On the walls hang paintings of Pablo PICASSO, Yumeji TAKEHISA, and other artists.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.

そして、いつもは、お父さんのほかは、誰も腰掛けてはいけないことになっていました。
そして、いつもは、おとうさんのほかは、だれもこしかけてはいけないことになっていました。And usually, except for Father, no one was allowed to sit there.
野次馬が一気に押し掛けてきた。
やじうまがいっきにおしかけてきた。The onlookers rushed in all at once.
一方通行の車道を渡り、並木道に沿って歩いて、死に掛けの乳牛のような足取りで進み、
いっぽうつうこうのしゃどうをわたり、なみきみちにそってあるいて、しにかけのにゅうぎゅうのようなあしどりですすみ、A one-way street, walking along the tree-lined path, with the gait of a dying dairy cow, and

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Hang; call; sit. 扌 (hand) + 卦 (a divination sign) — hanging a sign on a wall.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 掛

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