Chinese Character 挂 Meanings and components.

Form

挂

Meaning

挂 meaning[3] in English

To Hang Or Suspend (From A Hook Etc).

To Hang Up (The Phone).

(Of A Line) To Be Dead.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 挂 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and (old) jade tablet … (圭)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QGG

How to write 挂

To write挂gua4to hang … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 圭gui1(old) jade … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 圭 = 挂

挂 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 挂 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 挂, looks as follow:

挂
Pinyin:gua4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Hang Or Suspend (From A Hook Etc) . To Hang Up (The Phone) . (Of A Line) To Be Dead . To Be Worried Or Concerned . To Make A Phone Call (Dialect) . To Register Or Record . Classifier For Sets Or Clusters Of Objects . (Slang) To Kill . To Die . To Be Finished . To Fail (An Exam)
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
圭
Pinyin:gui1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Old) Jade Tablet (A Ceremonial Badge Of Rank)
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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