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掛

掛 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax, pour

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カイ
  • ケイ
Kun (native)
  • か(ける)JHS
  • 〜か(ける)JHS
  • か(け)
  • 〜か(け)
  • 〜が(け)
  • か(かる)JHS
  • 〜か(かる)JHS
  • 〜が(かる)
  • か(かり)JHS
  • 〜が(かり)
  • かかりJHS
  • 〜がかり
Nanori (used in names)
  • かけ
Other languages
  • 拼音gua4
  • 한글gwae
  • Hán-ViệtQuải

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+639B

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌卦

Words using this kanji

  • 掛け声かけごえ「かけごえ」の漢字表記。shout (of encouragement, etc.), yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
  • 掛け金かけきん日や月単位で定期に支払ったり、積み立てたりする金銭。 掛けで売買した代金。installment, instalment, premium, bill
  • 掛けるかけるかける#動詞：掛ける 参照。to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall), to let hang, to suspend (from), to hoist (e.g. sail)
  • 掛けかけcredit, money owed on an account, bill, hanger
  • 掛け軸かけじく「かけじく」の漢字表記。hanging scroll
  • 掛かるかかるかかる 参照to take (a resource, e.g. time or money), to hang, to come into view, to arrive
  • 掛け算かけざん零にある数を指定された回数だけ繰り返し足し、その和を得ること。乗法、乗算。 上記を、整数、有理数、実数、複素数、行列など他の数の体系に拡張したもの。 複数の数を使い、掛け算を行う。乗算する。multiplication
  • 掛かりかかりstarting (e.g. of an engine), engaging (e.g. of a lock), expenses, costs
  • 掛け持ちかけもちholding two or more positions concurrently
  • 掛け合いかけあいnegotiations, bargaining, dialogue, duet
  • 掛け合うかけあうto negotiate (with someone about), to talk over (something with), to tackle someone (about), to haggle
  • 掛け捨てかけすてfixed-term payment (usu. insurance), stopping payment of installments (usu. insurance)
  • 掛け値かけねinflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down), overcharging, exaggeration
  • 掛矢かけやmallet, maul
  • 掛詞かけことばkakekotoba, pivot word, play on words (esp. in poetry), pun
  • 掛留けいりゅうmusic suspension
  • 掛子かけごboxes which fit inside each other, nesting boxes, hiding one's true feelings, person in a scam whose role is to telephone the victim
  • 掛率かけりつratio of wholesale price to retail price
  • 掛けがけ-clad, in the midst of, tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price)
  • 掛絡から禅宗・浄土宗の僧が着る、肩から掛ける方形の略式袈裟。Zen monk's waistcoat (short, informal kasaya), ring (usu. made of ivory) attached to this waistcoat, netsuke, item attached to a netsuke

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
Four Corner
5300.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c8.6
Heisig
727
Nelson
1952