掛
掛 — Hang
hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax, pour
On’yomiカイ (kai)
On’yomiケイ (kei)
Kun’yomiかける (kakeru)
Kun’yomi-かける (kakeru)
Kun’yomiかけ (kake)
Kun’yomi-かけ (kake)
Kun’yomi-がけ (gake)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 掛
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仕掛け | しかけ shikake | device; contrivance; mechanism |
| 手掛かり | てがかり tegakari | clue; lead; key |
| 掛け声 | かけごえ kakegoe | shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!") |
| 呼び掛ける | よびかける yobikakeru | to call out to; to hail; to address |
| 掛け金 | かけきん kakekin | installment; instalment; premium |
| 働き掛ける | はたらきかける hatarakikakeru | to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to |
Study notes
掛 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1027 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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