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掛

掛

See also: 挂

Translingual

Han character

掛 (radical 64 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手土土卜 (QGGY), four-corner 53000, composition ⿰扌卦)

References

  • KangXi: page 438, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12267
  • Dae Jaweon: page 788, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1890, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+639B

Chinese

trad. 掛
simp. 挂

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (圭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
街 *kreː, *kreː
鞋 *ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾 *ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳 *kreː
鮭 *ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯 *ŋreː, *ŋre
崖 *ŋreː, *ŋre
啀 *ŋreː
厓 *ŋreː
捱 *ŋreː
睚 *ŋreːs
娃 *qreː
洼 *qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇 *qreː, *qʷraː
胿 *ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎 *qeːns
觟 *ɡʷraːʔ
黊 *ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳 *ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙 *qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪 *qʷraː
卦 *kʷreːs
挂 *kʷreːs
掛 *kʷreːs
詿 *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣 *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓 *kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃 *ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭 *kʷeː
珪 *kʷeː
邽 *kʷeː
閨 *kʷeː
袿 *kʷeː
窐 *kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥 *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂 *kʷeːs
筀 *kʷeːs
奎 *kʰʷeː
刲 *kʰʷeː
蝰 *kʰʷeː
楏 *kʰʷeː
睳 *qʰʷeː
畦 *ɡʷeː
眭 *ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓 *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬 *kʰʷeʔ
恚 *qʷes
硅 *qʰʷreɡ

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 掛
Mandarin Beijing /kua⁵¹/
Harbin /kua⁵³/
Tianjin /kuɑ⁵³/
Jinan /kua²¹/
Qingdao /kua⁴²/
Zhengzhou /kua³¹²/
Xi'an /kua⁴⁴/
Xining /kua²¹³/
Yinchuan /kua¹³/
Lanzhou /kua¹³/
Ürümqi /kua²¹³/
Wuhan /kua³⁵/
Chengdu /kua¹³/
Guiyang /kua²¹³/
Kunming /kua̠²¹²/
Nanjing /kuɑ⁴⁴/
Hefei /kua⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /kua⁴⁵/
Pingyao /kuɑ³⁵/
Hohhot /kua⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /ko³⁵/
/kua³⁵/
Suzhou /ko⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /kuɑ⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /ko⁴²/
Hui Shexian /kua³²⁴/
Tunxi /kuːə⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /kua⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /kuɒ⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /kuɑ⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /kua⁵³/
Taoyuan /kuɑ⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kwa³³/
Nanning /kʷa³³/
Hong Kong /kwa³³/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kua²¹/
/kui²¹/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kuɑ²¹²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /kua³³/
Shantou (Min Nan) /kʰua²¹³/
/kue²¹³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /kua³⁵/
/kɔi³⁵/
/kɔi³³/ 俗
Rime
Character 掛
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 佳 (32)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古賣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠuɛH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʷᵚæH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kuæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kwaɨjH/
Li
Rong		 /kuɛH/
Wang
Li		 /kwaiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kwaiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 guà
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 掛
Reading # 1/1
No. 4558
Phonetic
component		 圭
Rime
group		 支
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 卦
Old
Chinese		 /*kʷreːs/
Notes 俗同掛

Definitions

掛

  1. to hang, to suspend
  2. suspense
  3. to fail an exam, to have a non-passing grade in a course
  4. to hang up, to terminate a phone call
  5. (humorous) to die

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

掛

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. hang
  2. suspend
  3. depend
  4. arrive at
  5. tax
  6. pour

Readings

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

掛 • ‎(gwae) (hangeul 괘)

  1. hang, suspend
  2. divide

Vietnamese

Han character

掛 (quẩy, khoải, quảy, quai, quấy, quẫy, quải, quậy)

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