挂

guà

to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)

to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried; to be concerned; (dialect) to make a phone call; to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor); (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam); classifier for sets or clusters of objects

hand (扌) + phonetic (圭) = hang something up with your hand

The hand radical signals a manual action — reaching up to place something on a hook. 圭 is purely phonetic, giving the guà sound without contributing to the meaning.

扌+圭→挂
圭A jade tablet used in ancient ritualsPhonetic
扌HandSemantic

请把外套挂在门后面。

qǐng bǎ wài tào guà zài mén hòu miàn。

Please hang your coat on the back of the door.

你心里一直挂着这件事,难怪睡不好。

nǐ xīn lǐ yī zhí guà zhe zhè jiàn shì,nán guài shuì bù hǎo。

You've been worrying about this matter all along — no wonder you can't sleep well.

Words with 挂

披挂

pī guà

to put on a suit of armor

挂载

guà zài

(computing) to mount

挂号信

guà hào xìn

registered letter

挂毯

guà tǎn

tapestry

配件挂勾

pèi jiàn guà gōu

accessory hook

自动挂挡

zì dòng guà dǎng

automatic gear change

金钱挂帅

jīn qián guà shuài

caring only about money and wealth

开外挂

kāi wài guà

see 開掛|开挂[kai1 gua4]

开挂

kāi guà

to cheat in an online game (abbr. for 開外掛|开外挂[kai1 wai4 gua4])

一丝不挂

yī sī bù guà

not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked

不足挂齿

bù zú guà chǐ

not worth mentioning (idiom)

事不关己,高高挂起

shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ

to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)

More characters with 扌

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