掛

掛 — hang, suspend, depend

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 11
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1027 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: かい kai

けい kei
Kun'yomi: か.ける ka.keru

-か.ける -ka.keru

か.け ka.ke

-か.け -ka.ke

-が.け -ga.ke

か.かる ka.karu

-か.かる -ka.karu

-が.かる -ga.karu

か.かり ka.kari

-が.かり -ga.kari

かかり kakari

-がかり -gakari

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 掛

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