掛 — kanji meaning “hang”
掛
hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax, pour
- Meanings
- hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax, pour
- On'yomi
- カイ (kai)、ケイ (kei)
- 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
- Name readings
- かけ
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1027 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 64
- Chinese reading
- guà — Chinese character page
Words with 掛
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掛け | かけ kake | credit |
| 仕掛け | しかけ shikake | device; contrivance; mechanism |
| 掛ける | かける kakeru | to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to suspend (from) |
| 掛け軸 | かけじく kakejiku | hanging scroll |
| 掛かる | かかる kakaru | to take (a resource, e.g. time or money) |
| 掛け声 | かけごえ kakegoe | shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!") |
| 切っ掛け | きっかけ kikkake | chance; start; opportunity |
| 仕掛ける | しかける shikakeru | to start; to begin; to commence |
| 出掛け | でがけ degake | (on the) point of going out; (at the) moment one is about to leave |
| 腰掛け | こしかけ koshikake | seat; bench |
| 掛かり | かかり kakari | starting (e.g. of an engine); engaging (e.g. of a lock) |
| 大掛かり | おおがかり oogakari | large-scale |
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