Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 卦 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (掛)
Simplified (挂)
Notes
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Chinese
挂 / 掛 [guà]
to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam)
Japanese
noun
- credit
- money owed on an account; bill
- hot noodles in broth
- wholesale price as a proportion of the list price (in tenths)
suffix
- hanger; holder; rest; rack; peg; hook; stand (after a noun)
- in the process of (doing); midway through; half-(done) (after -masu stem of verb)
- on the verge of; just about to (after -masu stem of verb)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
掛 かけ
Kake surname
CHINESE WORDS (83)
挂牌 [guàpái] #36,733
lit. to hang up a plate
牵挂 [qiānguà] #12,495
to worry about
悬挂 [xuánguà] #18,877
to suspend
挂念 [guàniàn] #14,112
concerned
挂帅 [guàshuài] #16,772
to be in command
挂号 [guàhào] #35,884
to register (at a hospital etc)
挂断 [guàduàn] #18,996
to hang up (a phone)
倒挂 [dàoguà] #39,864
lit. to hang upside down
挂靠 [guàkào] #20,460
to be affiliated with
挂历 [guàlì] #39,066
wall calendar
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 出かける [でかける] #1,249
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing)
声をかける [こえをかける] #1,376
to greet
⭐ 話しかける [はなしかける] #1,491
to address (someone)
⭐ 追いかける [おいかける] #1,626
to chase
⭐ 掛ける [かける] #2,055
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall)
⭐ 見かける [みかける] #2,078
to (happen to) see
⭐ 仕掛ける [しかける] #2,097
to start
⭐ 呼びかける [よびかける] #2,531
to call out to
時間がかかる [じかんがかかる] #2,581
to take time
問いかける [といかける] #3,387
to ask a question
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KOREAN WORDS (3)