掛 Kanji for hang

N1Grade 811 strokes

hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax, pour

Kun: か.ける、-か.ける、か.け、-か.け、-が.け、か.かる、-か.かる、-が.かる、か.かり、-が.かり、かかり、-がかり
On: カイ、ケイ

掛 is the Japanese kanji for hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax, pour. It is written with 11 strokes and appears at JLPT level N1. Its kun reading is か.ける、-か.ける、か.け and its on reading is カイ、ケイ.

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Words with 掛

掛かけるto hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall), to let hang, to suspend (from)
掛かかるto take (a resource, e.g. time or money)
掛かけcredit
呼よび掛かけcall, appeal
仕し掛かけdevice, contrivance, mechanism
手て掛がかりclue, lead, key

Practice 掛 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.