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Chinese symbol for “suspension”

悬挂
xuán guà
Traditional: 懸掛
to suspend; to hang; (vehicle) suspension

The closest CC-CEDICT match for suspension is 悬挂 (xuán guà), defined as: to suspend; to hang; (vehicle) suspension.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

悬 xuán
to hang, to hoist, to suspend; hung
radical 61 ⼼ · 11 strokes
挂 guà
to suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense
radical 64 ⼿ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “suspension”

WordPinyinMeaning
悬浮 (懸浮)xuán fúto float (in the air etc); suspension
中辍 (中輟)zhōng chuòto stop halfway; to give up halfway

Related words

Other words that share a character with 悬挂.

WordPinyinMeaning
悬崖 (懸崖)xuán yáprecipice; overhanging cliff
悬殊 (懸殊)xuán shūvastly different; poles apart
悬赏 (懸賞)xuán shǎngto offer a reward; bounty
悬浮 (懸浮)xuán fúto float (in the air etc); suspension
悬念 (懸念)xuán niànsuspense in a movie, play etc; concern for sb's welfare
挂牌 (掛牌)guà páilit. to hang up a plate; to open up for business
挂钩 (掛鉤)guà gōuto couple; to link; to hook together; (fig.) (preceded by 与 (yǔ) + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {en
外挂 (外掛)wài guàattached externally (e.g. fuel tank); plug-in; add-on; special software used to cheat in an online game

See also: Japanese symbol for “suspension”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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