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挂 guà hang

How to remember 挂: 扌 hand + 圭 jade block = hang. With one hand Grandma lifts the heavy jade block her son brought back and looks for a wall to hang it on.

  • 1,232. most frequent character
  • HSK 4
  • 9 strokes
  • Radical 手

Component breakdown

挂 = 扌 hand + 圭 jade block

  • 扌 hand
  • 圭 jade block
The Gushi story

With one hand Grandma lifts the heavy jade block her son brought back and looks for a wall to hang it on.

How it is used

  • To hang / hang up - 把画挂在墙上 (bǎ huà guà zài qiáng shàng) hang the picture on the wall, 挂电话 (guà diànhuà) hang up the phone.
  • 挂号 (guàhào) register (at a hospital, or registered mail); 挂念 (guàniàn) / 牵挂 (qiānguà) to worry about / miss someone.
  • Colloquially 挂了 can even mean a device died or, slangily, someone died / failed.

Words with 挂

Example sentences

  • 墙上挂着一幅画像。 Qiáng shàng guàzhe yì fú huàxiàng.There's a portrait hanging on the wall.