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The kanji 掛: meaning, readings and stroke order
掛
- Meaning
- hang, in charge
- On reading
- —
- Kun reading
- か（ける） kakeru、か（かる） kakaru、かかり kakari
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 手 hand
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- treo, phụ trách (quải)
- Japanese
- かける。かかりの ひと。
- Korean
- 걸다, 담당 (괘)
- Chinese
- 挂、负责人 (挂)
Readings, words and example sentences
か（ける） kakeru · kun reading
掛ける
to hang (something)
かべに 時計を 掛けます。
I hang a clock on the wall.
か（かる） kakaru · kun reading
掛かる
to hang, to be hung
まどに カーテンが 掛かって います。
Curtains are hanging at the window.
かかり kakari · kun reading · less common
掛
person in charge (old spelling)
受付の 掛の 人に 聞きます。
I ask the person in charge at the front desk.
Practise writing 掛 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 掛 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 8 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.