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Translingual
Han character
掛 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手土土卜 (QGGY), four-corner 53000, composition ⿰扌卦)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 438, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12267
- Dae Jaweon: page 788, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1890, character 13
- Unihan data for U+639B
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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街
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*kreː, *kreː
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鞋
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*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
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娾
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*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
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佳
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*kreː
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鮭
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*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
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涯
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*ŋreː, *ŋre
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崖
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*ŋreː, *ŋre
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啀
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*ŋreː
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厓
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*ŋreː
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捱
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*ŋreː
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睚
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*ŋreːs
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娃
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*qreː
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洼
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*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
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哇
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*qreː, *qʷraː
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胿
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*ɡeː, *kʷeː
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溎
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*qeːns
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觟
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*ɡʷraːʔ
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黊
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*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
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蘳
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*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
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蛙
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*qʷraː, *qʷreː
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窪
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*qʷraː
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卦
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*kʷreːs
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挂
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*kʷreːs
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掛
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*kʷreːs
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詿
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*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
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罣
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*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
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絓
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*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
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鼃
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*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
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圭
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*kʷeː
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珪
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*kʷeː
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邽
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*kʷeː
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閨
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*kʷeː
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袿
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*kʷeː
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窐
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*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
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茥
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*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
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桂
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*kʷeːs
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筀
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*kʷeːs
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奎
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*kʰʷeː
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刲
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*kʰʷeː
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蝰
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*kʰʷeː
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楏
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*kʰʷeː
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睳
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*qʰʷeː
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畦
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*ɡʷeː
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眭
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*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
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烓
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*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
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跬
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*kʰʷeʔ
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恚
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*qʷes
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硅
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*qʰʷreɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷreːs): semantic ⺘ (“hand”) + phonetic 卦 (OC *kʷreːs). It expresses the idea of hooking or hanging something with the hand. Originally, it was a popular form of the character 挂.
References
Pronunciation
Note:
- kòa - literary;
- kùi - vernacular.
Note:
- gua3 - “to wear”, used in 交掛;
- guê3 - used in 掛紙.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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掛
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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4558
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Phonetic component
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圭
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Rime group
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支
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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卦
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Old Chinese
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/*kʷreːs/
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Notes
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俗同掛
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Definitions
掛
- to hang; to suspend
- to put aside (a matter, a case, etc.)
- to put someone through (in a phone call); to call up; to ring up
- to hang up; to terminate a phone call
- to catch (something); to trap; to snag
- to be covered or coated with
臉上掛著燦爛的笑容
脸上挂着灿烂的笑容 - liǎn shàng guà zhe cànlàn de xiàoróng
- face covered with a radiant smile
- (literary or Southern Min) to wear
- 掛手橐仔/挂手橐仔 ― kòa chhiú-lok-á ― to wear gloves
- 掛目鏡/挂目镜 ― gua3 mag8 gian3 ― to wear eyeglasses
- to worry; to be concerned
- to register; to enroll
- 掛失/挂失 ― guàshī ― to report a loss
- 掛婦科/挂妇科 ― guà fùkē ― to register for gynaecology (as a patient)
- (colloquial) to fail an exam; to have a non-passing grade in a course
- (humorous, colloquial) to die
- 鏈接掛了。/链接挂了。 ― Liànjiē guà le. ― The link is dead.
- 服務器掛了。/服务器挂了。 ― Fúwùqì guà le. ― The server is down.
我這樣的人,在野外估計出不了三天就掛了。
我这样的人,在野外估计出不了三天就挂了。 - Wǒ zhèyàng de rén, zài yěwài gūji chū bùliǎo sān tiān jiù guà le.
- A person like me being in the wild would likely die within three days.
- (video games) cheating plug-in or software
- Classifier for sets or strings of objects.
- 一掛鞭炮/一挂鞭炮 ― yī guà biānpào ― a string of firecrackers
- 一掛念珠/一挂念珠 ― yī guà niànzhū ― a string of prayer beads
1919, 《新舊約全書:官話和合譯本》 , Shanghai: American Bible Society, 民數記 13:23–24:
他們到了以實各谷、從那裏砍了葡萄樹的一枝、上頭有一挂葡萄、兩個人用杠抬着.又帶了些石榴、和無花果來。
他们到了以实各谷、从那里砍了葡萄树的一枝、上头有一挂葡萄、两个人用杠抬着.又带了些石榴、和无花果来。 - Tāmen dàole Yǐshígè gǔ, cóng nàlǐ kǎnle pútáoshù de yī zhī, shàngtou yǒu yī guà pútáo, liǎng ge rén yòng gàng táizhe. Yòu dàile xiē shíliú, hé wúhuāguǒ lái.
- They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.
- (hospitality) to bill
- 掛房賬/挂房账 ― guà fáng zhàng ― to bill to the room
Synonyms
- 下世 (xiàshì) (formal)
- 上天 (shàngtiān) (euphemistic)
- 上路 (shànglù) (euphemistic)
- 不在 (bùzài) (euphemistic)
- 不幸 (bùxìng) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
- 不祿 / 不禄 (bùlù) (archaic, euphemistic, of military officers)
- 亡
- 亡故 (wánggù) (literary)
- 仙逝 (xiānshì) (euphemistic)
- 仙遊 / 仙游 (xiānyóu) (euphemistic)
- 作古 (zuògǔ) (literary, euphemistic)
- 做鬼 (zuòguǐ) (colloquial)
- 傾世 / 倾世 (qīngshì) (literary)
- 傾亡 / 倾亡 (qīngwáng) (literary)
- 入寂 (rùjì) (Buddhism, of Buddhist monks)
- 凋謝 / 凋谢 (diāoxiè) (to die of old age)
- 化去 (huàqù) (euphemistic)
- 升天 (shēngtiān) (euphemistic)
- 即世 (jíshì) (literary)
- 去世 (qùshì)
- 合眼 (héyǎn) (euphemistic)
- 喪亡 / 丧亡 (sàngwáng) (literary)
- 喪命 / 丧命 (sàngmìng) (euphemistic)
- 喪生 / 丧生 (sàngshēng) (euphemistic)
- 嗚呼 / 呜呼 (wūhū) (euphemistic)
- 嗝屁 (gěpì) (Mandarin, vulgar, dysphemistic)
- 嚥氣 / 咽气 (yànqì) (colloquial)
- 回老家 (huí lǎojiā) (euphemistic, humorous)
- 圓寂 / 圆寂 (yuánjì) (of Buddhist monks or nuns)
- 壽終正寢 / 寿终正寝 (shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn) (euphemistic)
- 失氣 / 失气 (shīqì) (literary)
- 安息 (ānxī) (euphemistic)
- 安眠 (ānmián) (euphemistic)
- 小喇叭兒吹了 / 小喇叭儿吹了 (xiǎo lǎbār chuī le) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 就義 / 就义 (jiùyì) (to die a martyr)
- 崩 (bēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
- 崩殂 (bēngcú) (Classical, of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
- 彈老三 / 弹老三 (Northern Wu, informal, humorous)
- 往生 (wǎngshēng) (euphemistic)
- 忽然 (hūrán) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
- 故 (gù)
- 故世 (gùshì) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
- 故去 (gùqù) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
- 斃命 / 毙命 (bìmìng) (pejorative)
- 早死 (zǎosǐ)
- 晏駕 / 晏驾 (yànjià) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
- 枯死 (kūsǐ) (literary, figurative)
- 棄世 / 弃世 (qìshì) (literary)
- 歸天 / 归天 (guītiān) (euphemistic)
- 歸西 / 归西 (guīxī) (euphemistic)
- 歸道山 / 归道山 (guī dàoshān) (literary, euphemistic)
- 死 (sǐ)
- 死亡 (sǐwáng) (formal)
- 死人 (sǐrén)
- 死去 (sǐqù) (informal)
- 死掉 (sǐdiào) (informal)
- 死翹翹 / 死翘翘 (sǐqiàoqiào) (informal, humorous)
- 死脫 / 死脱 (5shi-theq) (Wu)
- 殞 / 殒 (yǔn) (archaic)
- 氣絕 / 气绝 (qìjué) (literary)
- 永眠 (yǒngmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
- 沒世 / 没世 (mòshì) (literary)
- 沉眠 (chénmián) (euphemistic)
- 消忒 (Hakka, euphemistic)
- 物化 (wùhuà) (literary)
- 狗帶 / 狗带 (gǒudài) (slang, neologism)
- 畢命 / 毕命 (bìmìng) (formal, euphemistic)
- 病亡 (bìngwáng) (to die of illness)
- 病故 (bìnggù) (to die of illness)
- 病死 (bìngsǐ) (to die of illness)
- 病逝 (bìngshì) (to die of illness)
- 瘐死 (yǔsǐ) (of deaths in prison)
- 百年歸老 / 百年归老 (bǎiniánguīlǎo) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
- 盡命 / 尽命 (jìnmìng) (literary, euphemistic)
- 終 / 终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds, euphemistic)
- 絕 / 绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)
- 翹辮子 / 翘辫子 (qiào biànzi) (informal, humorous)
- 老了 (lǎo le) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
- 蒙主寵召 / 蒙主宠召 (méngzhǔchǒngzhào) (Christianity, euphemistic)
- 薨 (hōng) (Classical Chinese, of feudal lords or high officials)
- 薨逝 (hōngshì) (of feudal lords)
- 被難 / 被难 (bèinàn) (to be killed in a disaster, political incident, etc.)
- 見背 / 见背 (jiànbèi) (literary, of one's parents or elders)
- 見閻王 / 见阎王 (jiàn Yánwáng) (figurative)
- 見馬克思 / 见马克思 (jiàn Mǎkèsī) (communism, euphemistic)
- 謝世 / 谢世 (xièshì) (literary)
- 賓天 / 宾天 (bīntiān) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
- 走 (zǒu) (euphemistic)
- 走去踮 (Hokkien, euphemistic)
- 身亡 (shēnwáng) (formal, usually from unnatural causes)
- 辭世 / 辞世 (císhì) (literary)
- 辭塵 / 辞尘 (cíchén) (literary, euphemistic)
- 逝世 (shìshì)
- 進棺材 / 进棺材 (jìn guāncái)
- 過世 / 过世 (guòshì)
- 過去 / 过去 (guòqù) (euphemistic)
- 過往 / 过往 (Hokkien, Teochew, euphemistic)
- 過身 / 过身 (guòshēn) (literary)
- 過面 / 过面 (Hokkien)
- 長山賣鴨卵 / 长山卖鸭卵 (Hakka, euphemistic)
- 長眠 / 长眠 (chángmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
- 閉眼 / 闭眼 (bìyǎn) (euphemistic)
- 隕落 / 陨落 (yǔnluò) (euphemistic)
- 離世 / 离世 (líshì) (euphemistic)
- 駕崩 / 驾崩 (jiàbēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
- 駕鶴西去 / 驾鹤西去 (jiàhèxīqù) (euphemistic)
- 駕鶴西遊 / 驾鹤西游 (jiàhèxīyóu) (euphemistic)
- 龍馭上賓 / 龙驭上宾 (lóngyùshàngbīn) (of an emperor)
Dialectal synonyms of
串 (“bunch (classifier for grapes, etc.)”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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串, 掛
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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嘟嚕, 串兒
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Taiwan
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串
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Harbin
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嘟嚕
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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嘟嚕
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Xi'an
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串兒, 抓兒
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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抓, 串
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Wuhan
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掛, 串
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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掛
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Hefei
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掛
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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抽, 藭
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Hong Kong
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抽
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Yangjiang
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杛
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Gan
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Nanchang
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掛
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Hakka
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Meixian
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串, 叉
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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嘟嚕
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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掛, 串
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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掛
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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捾
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Quanzhou
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捾
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Zhangzhou
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捾
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Chaozhou
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球
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Shantou
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球, 串
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Jieyang
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球
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Wu
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Shanghai (Jiading)
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串
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Suzhou
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串
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Wenzhou
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串
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Xiang
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Changsha
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掛, 梂
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Shuangfeng
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絡, 抓
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
掛
(Jōyō kanji)
- to hang
- to suspend
- to depend
- to arrive at
- tax
- to pour
Readings
Derived terms
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 掛 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 掛, is an alternative spelling (public office titles) of the above term.)
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Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 掛 – see the following entry.
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【掛け】
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- credit
- abbreviation of 掛け蕎麦 (kakesoba): soba noodles in hot broth with no accompaniment
- abbreviation of 掛け饂飩 (kakeudon): udon noodles in hot broth with no accompaniment
- something that has been started
- rack, holder, hanger, hook, stand
- in the midst of
- rack, holder, hanger, hook, stand
- imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 掛ける (kakeru)
Alternative spellings懸け, 懸
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【掛け】
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- in the midst of
- tenths
- clad
Alternative spellings懸け, 懸
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(This term, 掛, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
掛 (eumhun 걸 괘 (geol gwae))
- hanja form? of 괘 (“to hang; to suspend; to divide”)
Vietnamese
Han character
掛: Hán Việt readings: quải
掛: Nôm readings: quảy, quấy, quẩy, quậy, quải, khoải, gỏi, quẻ, quai, quẫy
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