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掛 = 扌 + 卦

掛 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “hang”. It is built from 扌 (hand) and 卦 (fortune telling).

Keyword

hang

Pinyin (Mandarin)

guà

Script

Traditional chinese hanzi

Also known as

hang, suspend, повесить, приостановить, suspend

Same glyph as a Japanese kanji

掛 hang

Decomposition

How to find 掛 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hand” + “fortune telling”. 掛 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 掛 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.