掛

掛 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手土土卜 (QGGY), four-corner 5300₀, composition ⿰扌卦)

• 𫫔, 𦟺

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 438, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12267
• Dae Jaweon: page 788, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1890, character 13
• Unihan data for U+639B

掛

1. to hang; to suspend
2. to put aside (a matter, a case, etc.)
3. to put someone through (in a phone call); to call up; to ring up
4. to hang up; to terminate a phone call
5. to catch (something); to trap; to snag
6. to be covered or coated with

   臉上掛著燦爛的笑容 [MSC, trad.]
   脸上挂着灿烂的笑容 [MSC, simp.]

   liǎn shàng guà zhe cànlàn de xiàoróng [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

7. (literary or Southern Min) to wear

   掛手橐仔／挂手橐仔 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  kòa chhiú-lok-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to wear gloves

   掛目鏡／挂目镜 [Teochew]  ―  gua³ mag⁸ gian³ [Peng'im]  ―  to wear eyeglasses

   • 更有故寫真絹本尤奇，巢題詩其上云：『猶憶當年草上飛，鐵衣脫盡掛僧衣。天津橋上無人識，獨憑闌干看落暉。』 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     更有故写真绢本尤奇，巢题诗其上云：『犹忆当年草上飞，铁衣脱尽挂僧衣。天津桥上无人识，独凭阑干看落晖。』 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 12th century, 邵博, 邵氏聞見後錄

     Gèng yǒu gù xiězhēn juànběn yóu qí, Cháo tíshī qí shàng yún: ‘Yóu yì dāngnián cǎo shàng fēi, tiěyī tuō jìn guà sēngyī. Tiānjīn qiáo shàng wúrén shí, dú píng lángān kàn luòhuī.’ [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

8. to worry; to be concerned
9. to register; to enroll

   掛失／挂失  ―  guàshī  ―  to report a loss

   掛婦科／挂妇科  ―  guà fùkē  ―  to register for gynaecology (as a patient)

10. (colloquial) to fail an exam; to have a non-passing grade in a course
11. (humorous, colloquial) to die

    鏈接掛了。／链接挂了。  ―  Liànjiē guà le.  ―  The link is dead.

    服務器掛了。／服务器挂了。  ―  Fúwùqì guà le.  ―  The server is down.

    我這樣的人，在野外估計出不了三天就掛了。 [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
    我这样的人，在野外估计出不了三天就挂了。 [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

    Wǒ zhèyàng de rén, zài yěwài gūji chū bùliǎo sān tiān jiù guà le. [Pinyin]

    A person like me being in the wild would likely die within three days.

12. (video games) cheating plug-in or software
13. Classifier for sets or strings of objects.

    一掛鞭炮／一挂鞭炮  ―  yī guà biānpào  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

    一掛念珠／一挂念珠  ―  yī guà niànzhū  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to hang
2. to suspend
3. to depend
4. to arrive at
5. tax
6. to pour

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kan’yō-on: か (ka)
• Kun: かける (kakeru, 掛ける, Jōyō)、かかる (kakaru, 掛かる, Jōyō)、かかり (kakari, 掛, Jōyō)

• 掛(か)かる (kakaru)
• 腰(こし)掛(か)ける (koshikakeru): sit down
• 掛(か)ける (kakeru): (transitive) times (mathematics)

掛 (eumhun 걸 괘 (geol gwae))

1. hanja form^? of 괘 (“to hang; to suspend; to divide”)

掛: Hán Việt readings: quải^[1][2]
掛: Nôm readings: quảy^[1][3][4], quấy^[3][2][4], quẩy^[3][2], quậy^[3][2], quải^[1][2], khoải^[1][4], gỏi^[1], quẻ^[1], quai^[4], quẫy^[4]

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