Chinese Character 掛 Meanings and components.

Form

掛

Meaning

掛 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 掛 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and divinatory diagram (卦)

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 QGGY

How to write 掛

To write掛gua4to hang … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 卦gua4divinatory diagram arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 卦 = 掛

掛 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

掛
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
卦
Pinyin:gua4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Divinatory Diagram . One Of The Eight Divinatory Trigrams Of The Book Of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 Jing1] . One Of The Sixty-Four Divinatory Hexagrams Of The Book Of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 Jing1]
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
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu

Notes

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

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

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