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懸
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
悬
🇨🇳

suspend

HSK 10 N1
Human →Emotions
xuán
ケン、ケ
か.ける、か.かる
현
Pride 心  in one's country 縣, expressed by a flag; 縣 also provides the pronunciation
Components
Traditional (懸)
縣 county+ 心 heart =
懸 suspend
縣 Meaning component
county
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心 Meaning component
xīn heart
Simplified (悬)
县 district+ 心 heart =
悬 hang
县 Meaning component
xiàn district
county, district, subdivision
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心 Meaning component
xīn heart
Notes
Similar Characters
纛 a banner寧 calm (trad/jp)应 ought (simp)忌 shun忍 endure忐 timorous忑 nervous忒 excessive志 aspiration忘 forget忞 messy忠 loyal念 miss忽 suddenly忿 get态 bearing (simp)怂 arouse (simp)怎 how?怒 anger思 think
Historical Evolution
Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
懸
Regular
Modern
Chinese
悬 / 懸 [xuán]
to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation
Japanese
掛け 、 懸け 、 掛 、 懸 かけ 同音

noun

  1. abbrev. credit
  2. money owed on an account; bill
  3. abbrev.usually kana hot noodles in broth
  4. wholesale price as a proportion of the list price (in tenths)

suffix

  1. hanger; holder; rest; rack; peg; hook; stand (after a noun)
  2. usually kana in the process of (doing); midway through; half-(done) (after -masu stem of verb)
  3. usually kana on the verge of; just about to (after -masu stem of verb)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
長くつき合うには掛けは禁物。
Short accounts make long friends.
彼は上着をコート掛けにかけた。
He hung his coat on a hook.
Japanese Names
懸 かけ
Kake surname
懸 かけさき
Kakesaki surname
懸 かける
Kakeru unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (49)
悬崖 [xuán​yá] #7,038
precipice
悬念 [xuán​niàn] #13,332
suspense in a movie, play etc
悬挂 [xuán​guà] #18,877
to suspend
悬赏 [xuán​shǎng] #11,808
to offer a reward
悬殊 [xuán​shū] #25,627
widely different
悬浮 [xuán​fú] #19,618
to float (in the air etc)
悬案 [xuán​'àn] #14,573
unresolved question
悬而未决 [xuán​'ér​wèi​jué] #20,555
pending a decision
悬疑 [xuán​yí] #19,443
suspense
悬空 [xuán​kōng] #40,818
to hang in the air
39 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (102)
⭐ 掛ける [かける] #2,055
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall)
⭐ 一生懸命 [いっしょうけんめい] #2,454
very hard
⭐ 掛かる [かかる] #4,288
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)
⭐ 懸命 [けんめい] #4,414
eager
⭐ 手がかり [てがかり] #4,696
clue
⭐ 懸念 [けねん] #5,181
worry
⭐ かけ離れる [かけはなれる] #7,984
to be far apart (from)
⭐ 心がける [こころがける] #7,994
to keep in mind
寄りかかる [よりかかる] #8,797
to lean against
降りかかる [ふりかかる] #9,688
to fall (on)
92 more items
KOREAN WORDS (2)
현상금 #30,881
reward; bounty; prize
현안
pending issue; current issue