Hanja Analyzer
掛

掛 — gwae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
걸[懸] 괘
Romanization
gwae
English
hang, suspend; suspense
Mandarin
guà
Japanese on'yomi
カイ, ケ, カ
Japanese kun'yomi
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
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,027 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
手 (64, 8 residual)
Unicode
U+639B

Parts that make up 掛

  • 扌 손 수variant of 手 다섯 손가락을 편 손손으로 하는 동작
  • 卦 점괘 괘

How 掛 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 掛 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 卦.

Korean example words with 掛

  • 괘념掛念 Korean gloss: 마음에 두고 걱정하거나 잊지 않음
  • 괘도掛圖 Korean gloss: 벽에 걸어 놓고 보는 학습용 그림이나 지도
  • 괘종掛鐘 Korean gloss: 시간마다 종이 울리는 시계. 보통 추가 있으며 벽에 걸어 둔다
  • 괘범掛帆 Korean gloss: 돛을 닮.
  • 망괘亡掛 Korean gloss: 망할 조짐.
  • 현괘懸掛 Korean gloss: 내다가 걺.
  • 인괘引掛 Korean gloss: 붙들거나 걺.
  • 괘자掛子 Korean gloss: ‘쾌자’의 원말.
  • 괘면掛麵 Korean gloss: 걸어서 말린 국수.
  • 괘금掛金 Korean gloss: 노름판에서 돈을 걺.
  • 괘경掛鏡 Korean gloss: 벽이나 기둥에 거는 거울.
  • 괘석掛錫 Korean gloss: ‘안거’를 달리 이르는 말.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 掛

  • 仕掛けしかけ device; contrivance; mechanism
  • 掛け声かけごえ shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
  • 掛け金かけきん installment; instalment; premium
  • 掛けるかける to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to suspend (from)
  • 大掛かりおおがかり large-scale
  • 掛けかけ credit; money owed on an account; bill
  • 仕掛けるしかける to start; to begin; to commence
  • 出掛けでがけ (on the) point of going out; (at the) moment one is about to leave; just after leaving
  • 壁掛けかべかけ wall-mounted ornament; wall decoration; wall hanging
  • 掛け軸かけじく hanging scroll
  • 詰め掛けるつめかける to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
  • 打ち掛けうちかけ women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono; ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go)

Other hanja read “괘”

Other hanja with radical 手

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