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

• 𫫔, 𦟺

• 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

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.

掛

1. to hang; to suspend
2. to put aside (a matter, a case, etc.)
3. to put someone through (in a phone call); to call up; to ring up
4. to hang up; to terminate a phone call
5. to catch (something); to trap; to snag
6. 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

7. (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

   • 更有故寫真絹本尤奇，巢題詩其上云：『猶憶當年草上飛，鐵衣脫盡掛僧衣。天津橋上無人識，獨憑闌干看落暉。』
     更有故写真绢本尤奇，巢题诗其上云：『犹忆当年草上飞，铁衣脱尽挂僧衣。天津桥上无人识，独凭阑干看落晖。』

     From: c. 12th century, 邵博, 邵氏聞見後錄

     Gèng yǒu gù xiězhēn juànběn yóu qí, Cháo tíshī qí shàng yún: ‘Yóu yì dāngnián cǎo shàng fēi, tiěyī tuō jìn guà sēngyī. Tiānjīn qiáo shàng wúrén shí, dú píng lángān kàn luòhuī.’

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8. to worry; to be concerned
9. 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)

10. (colloquial) to fail an exam; to have a non-passing grade in a course
11. (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.

12. (video games) cheating plug-in or software
13. 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.

14. (hospitality) to bill

    掛房賬／挂房账  ―  guà fáng zhàng  ―  to bill to the room

(Jōyō kanji)

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

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kan’yō-on: か (ka)
• Kun: かける (kakeru, 掛ける, Jōyō)、かかる (kakaru, 掛かる, Jōyō)、かかり (kakari, 掛, Jōyō)

• 掛(か)かる (kakaru)
• 腰(こし)掛(か)ける (koshikakeru, “to sit down”)
• 掛(か)ける (kakeru, “(mathematics) times”)

掛 (eumhun 걸 괘 (geol gwae))

1. hanja form^? of 괘 (“to hang; to suspend; to divide”)

掛: Hán Việt readings: quải
掛: Nôm readings: quảy, quấy, quẩy, quậy, quải, khoải, gỏi, quẻ, quai, quẫy

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