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Kanji Detail for 懸 - "to hang"

  • Meaning

    懸 means "to hang." Also associated with unresolved, concern.

    1. Hang - To suspend from above.

    2. Suspend - To hang in the air.

    3. Concern - To worry about.

    4. Separate - To be apart; to be distant.

  • Words using

    • 懸念 けねん Listen worry; fear; anxiety
    • 懸命 けんめい Listen eager; earnest; strenuous
    • 懸案 けんあん Listen pending question; unresolved problem
    • 一生懸命 いっしょうけんめい Listen very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can
    • 懸賞 けんしょう Listen offering a prize; prize competition; prize
  • Four-character idioms with

    • 一生懸命 いっしょうけんめい Listen very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can
    • 一所懸命 いっしょけんめい Listen very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can
    • 懸腕直筆 けんわんちょくひつ Listen calligraphy technique of holding the brush perpendicularly, lower arm raised, and elbow held away from the body
    • 懸軍万里 けんぐんばんり Listen military expedition deep into enemy territory
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    • Verified meaning: to hang
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かけ, かけさき, かける)
    • Also carries these associations: unresolved, concern

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of

    Surnames (かけ)Listen (かけさき)Listen (かける)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    state of suspension; hang; depend; consult; distant; far apart

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hang, suspend, hoist; be hung

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to hang, to hoist, to suspend; hung

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To hang. Suspended from above and dangling in the air. | Colloquially, matters without settlement are 懸. Such as 懸而不斷.
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