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Kanji Detail for 掛 - "hang, multiply, duty"

  • Meaning

    掛 means "hang, multiply, duty."

    1. To hang - To catch; to suspend; to dangle. Same as 挂.

    2. To multiply - To do multiplication.

    3. To require - To need time or effort; to spend.

    4. Duty - Assignment; responsibility.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    hang; suspend; depend; arrive at; tax; pour

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hang, suspend; suspense

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried; to be concerned; (dialect) to make a phone call; to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor); (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam); classifier for sets or clusters of objects

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense

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

    To hang. Originally written as 挂. | All attachments are 掛. Such as worrying being 掛念. Also, registering is 掛. Such as registered mail being 掛號.
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