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Kanji Details for 掛

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Stroke Count
11 Strokes
Radical
手 + 8 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax, pour
Readings
Kun'yomi: か.ける、か.かる、かかり。(Jouyou Reading)
がかり、が.かり、か.かり、が.かる、が.け、かけ、-か.け、-が.け、-か.かる、-か.ける、-が.かり、-が.かる、-がかり、か.け。
On'yomi: カ。(Kan'you-on Reading)
ケ。(Go-on Reading)
カイ。(Kan-on Reading)
ケイ。

Dictionary Entries for 掛

kake
noun
  1. credit
  2. money owed on an account; bill
  3. hot noodles in broth
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price)
suffix
  1. in the midst of (after a -masu stem)
  2. rest; rack; hanger (after a noun)

gake
suffix, no adjective
  1. -clad (after an article of clothing)
  2. in the midst of (after a -masu stem)
  3. tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price) (after a number in the ichi, ni counting system)
  4. times (i.e. multiplied by) (after a number in the hitotsu, futatsu counting system)
  5. able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.) (after a number of people)

gakari
suffix
  1. charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk (掛 is often used for government offices, railways, etc.)

Stroke Order Diagrams for 掛

Construction of Character for 掛

Radicals and parts present in 掛
» Part divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
» Part soil, earth, ground, Turkey
» Part hand, hand radical (no. 64)
Kanji variants for 掛
» Simplified Chinese Character

Kanji related to 掛

Meanings in Other Languages for 掛

French
  1. accrocher, suspendre, dépendre, arriver à, taxe, verser
Portuguese
  1. pendurar, suspender, depender, chegar, imposto
Spanish
  1. colgar, suspender, enganchar, depender

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