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Character #815 · The First 1000

guà

hang

to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead

Strokes
911
TraditionalSimplified
掛 挂
Poster cell
C30
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • xuánguà to suspend
  • guàniàn concerned
  • guàgōu to couple
  • qiānguà to worry about
  • guàhào to register (at a hospital); registered (mail)
  • guàshī to report the loss of something
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 挂掛

Write 挂掛 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, guà, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell C30 · 28 × 36 grid

挂掛 is #815 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 挂 mean in English?
挂 (guà) means "hang": to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead.
How do you pronounce 挂?
挂 is pronounced guà in pinyin, with the fourth (falling) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄍㄨㄚˋ.
How many strokes does 挂 have?
The simplified form, 挂, has 9 strokes. The traditional form, 掛, has 11.
What is the traditional form of 挂?
The traditional form of 挂 is 掛. 挂 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 掛 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 挂?
Common words that use 挂 include 悬挂 (xuánguà, to suspend), 挂念 (guàniàn, concerned), 挂钩 (guàgōu, to couple), 牵挂 (qiānguà, to worry about).
How common is 挂?
挂 is number 815 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell C30 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.