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Bushu (Radical) Info: 手 (て) – hand

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 8
Frequency: #1027 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

• 掛ける   [かける]
  (aux-v,v1) (1) to wear; to put on; to hang; to cover; (2) to sit down; (3) to make a phone call; (4) to multiply; (5) to turn on (a switch); to play (a record); (6) to begin to; (7) to pour (water)   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 掛かる   [かかる]
  (v5r,vi) to take (e.g. time, money, etc); to hang   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 掛け算   [かけざん]
  (n) multiplication   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 通り掛かる   [とおりかかる]
  (v5r) to happen to pass by   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 見掛け   [みかけ]
  (n) outward appearance   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 出掛ける   [でかける]
  (v1) to depart; to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to set out; to start; to be going out   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 追い掛ける   [おいかける]
  (v1) to chase or run after someone; to run down; to pursue   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 腰掛け   [こしかけ]
  (n) seat; bench   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 腰掛ける   [こしかける]
  (v1) to sit (down)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 引っ掛かる   [ひっかかる]
  (v5r) to be caught in; to be stuck in; to be cheated   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 話し掛ける   [はなしかける]
  (v1) to accost a person; to talk (to someone)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 呼び掛ける   [よびかける]
  (v1) to call out to; to accost; to address (crowd); to appeal   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 差し掛かる   [さしかかる]
  (v5r) to come near to; to approach   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 掛け   [かけ]
  (n,n-suf) credit   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕掛け   [しかけ]
  (n) device; trick; mechanism; gadget; (small) scale; half finished; commencement; set up; challenge   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕掛ける   [しかける]
  (v1) to commence; to lay (mines); to set (traps); to wage (war); to challenge   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 手掛かり   [てがかり]
  (n) (1) clue; key; (2) contact; trail; scent; track; (3) on hand; handhold   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 引っ掛ける   [ひっかける]
  (v1) (1) to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); (2) to hook; to catch; to trap; to ensnare; (3) to cheat; to evade payment; to jump a bill; (4) to drink (alcohol); (5) to spit at (a person); (6) to hit the ball off the end of the bat (baseball)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 寄り掛かる   [よりかかる]
  (v5r,vi) to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 心掛け   [こころがけ]
  (n) readiness; intention; aim   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 心掛ける   [こころがける]
  (v1) to bear in mind; to aim to do   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 切っ掛け   [きっかけ]
  (n) chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus; occasion   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 掛け金   [かけきん]
  (n) installment; premium; bill   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 見せ掛け   [みせかけ]
  (n) seeming; pose   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 大掛かり   [おおがかり]
  (adj-na,n) large-scale   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 掛け軸   [かけじく]
  (n) hanging scroll   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 掛け声   [かけごえ]
  (n) yell; shout   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 働き掛ける   [はたらきかける]
  (v1) to work on someone; to influence; to appeal to; to begin to work   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 掛軸   [かけじく]
  (n) hanging scroll   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 取り掛かる   [とりかかる]
  (v5r) to begin; to set about; to start   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 腰掛   [こしかけ]
  (n) seat; bench   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 切掛   [きっかけ]
  (n) chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus; occasion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 引っ掛る   [ひっかかる]
  (v5r) to be caught in; to be stuck in; to be cheated   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 追っ掛ける   [おっかける]
  (v1) to chase or run after someone; to run down; to pursue   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 呼び掛け   [よびかけ]
  (n) call   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 気掛かり   [きがかり]
  (adj-na,n) anxiety; concern; worry   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 突っ掛ける   [つっかける]
  (v1) to slip on (slippers, sandals, etc)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 言い掛かり   [いいがかり]
  (n) false accusation; pretext; commitment   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 足掛かり   [あしがかり]
  (n) foothold   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 掛 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.