The kanji 掲: meaning, readings and stroke order

掲

Meaning: put up, raise
On reading: ケイ kei
Kun reading: かか（げる） kakageru
Strokes: 11
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Old form: 揭

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: treo lên, nêu ra (yết)
Japanese: かかげる。みんなにみせる。
Korean: 내걸다, 내세우다 (게)
Chinese: 张贴、高举 (揭)

Readings, words and example sentences

ケイ kei · on reading

掲けい示じ
posting (a notice)
けっかを 掲けい示じします。
The results are posted.

かか（げる） kakageru · kun reading · less common

掲かかげる
to hold up, to set (a goal)
目標を高く 掲かかげます。
We set our goals high.

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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.