掛

See also: 挂

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• KangXi: page 438, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12267
• Dae Jaweon: page 788, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1890, character 13
• Unihan data for U+639B

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Chinese

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trad.		掛
simp.		挂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guà (gua⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa³, kwaa³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): koa/kua
• Min Nan (POJ): kòa
• Wu (WT Romanisation): ko (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: guà
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˋ
    • Wade-Giles: kua⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guah
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠⁵¹/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa³, kwaa³
    • Yale: gwa, kwa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa³, kwaa³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷɑː³³/, /kʷʰɑː³³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koa/kua
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /ku̯a⁵⁵/, /ku̯a⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòa
    • Tâi-lô: kuà
    • IPA (Taipei): /kua¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kua²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: ko (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /ko³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (掛, reconstructed)
Character (掛), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 佳 Division: II			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 古賣切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɣuɛH/	/kwaiH/	/kuɛH/	/kʷɯæH/	/kwaɨjH/	/kwaiH/	/kuæiH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (掛, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
掛					4558					圭					支					0					卦					/*kʷreːs/					俗同掛

Definitions

掛

1. to hang, to suspend
2. suspense

Compounds

Derived terms

• 披掛／披挂

• 掛孝／挂孝

• 掛念／挂念

• 掛號／挂号

• 掛鉤／挂钩

• 掛麵／挂面

• 掛齒／挂齿

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Japanese

Kanji

掛

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: か (ka), かい (kai)
• Kun: かける (kakeru), かかる (kakaru), かかり (kakari)

Derived terms

• 掛かる (かかる, kakaru)
• 腰掛ける (こしかける, koshikakeru, “sit down”)

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Korean

Hanja

掛 (gwae) (hangeul 괘, revised gwae, McCune-Reischauer kwae, Yale kway)

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Vietnamese

Han character

掛 (quẩy, khoải, quảy, quai, quấy, quẫy, quải, quậy)

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