Onyomi: カイ, ケイ · Kunyomi: -か.かる, -か.け, -か.ける, -が.かり, -が.かる, -が.け, -がかり, か.かり, か.かる, か.け, か.ける, かかり · Meanings: arrive at, depend, hang, pour, suspend, tax
Kanji for arrive at, depend, hang, pour, suspend
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The kanji 掛 is made from two parts: 扌(hand) on the left and 圭 (stacked squares) on the right. The left part, 扌, shows that the action involves the hand. The right part, 圭, represents objects or things arranged in order. Together, they create the image of a hand putting or hanging something onto a surface — like hanging clothes on a line or putting up a sign. Over time, 掛 came to mean “to hang,” “to put on,” or “to suspend.”
Made from 扌(hand) and 圭(objects). It shows using a hand to hang or put something in place — meaning to hang, suspend, or put on.
This kanji says: use your hand (扌) to place or hang objects (圭) carefully — 掛 means to hang, suspend, or put on something. Remember it by picturing hanging a coat or a picture on a wall.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 掛け | かけ | credit | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 掛け | がけ | -clad | Suffix, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 係 | がかり | charge, duty, person in charge, official, clerk | Suffix |
| 掛ける | かける | to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall), to let hang, to suspend (from), to hoist (e.g. sail), to raise (e.g. flag) | common JLPT-N4 JLPT-N5 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 掛かる | かかる | to take (a resource, e.g. time or money) | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N5 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 掛け算 | かけざん | multiplication | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 係員 | かかりいん | person in charge, official, attendant | common Noun |
| 駆け引き | かけひき | bargaining, haggling | common Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 係長 | かかりちょう | subsection head, assistant manager, chief clerk | common Noun |
| 掛け金 | かけきん | installment, instalment, premium, bill | common Noun |