Kanji: 掛

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 3 (completion of 9th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 7th through 9th grades in Japan
Radical:	手(扌龵) Radical name: て（てへん）
Meaning:	Hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax, pour
Usage:	Appears regularly in Japanese newspapers, but about 1000 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	掛(か)ける	to hang something
N3	お目(め)に掛(か)かる	to see/meet someone (honorific)
N3	掛(か)かる	to take (e.g. time, money, etc), to hang
N2	追(お)い掛(か)ける	to chase or run after someone, to run down, to pursue
N2	お出掛(でか)け	errand, going somewhere
N2	思(おも)い掛(が)けない	unexpected, casual
N2	掛(か)け算(ざん)	multiplication
N2	腰掛(こしか)け	seat, bench
N2	腰掛(こしか)ける	to sit (down)
N2	出掛(でか)ける	to depart, to set out, to start, to be going out
N2	通(とお)り掛(か)かる	to happen to pass by
N2	話(はな)し掛(か)ける	to accost a person, to talk (to someone)
N2	引(ひ)っ掛(か)かる	to be caught in, to be stuck in, to be cheated
N2	見掛(みか)け	outward appearance
N2	呼(よ)び掛(か)ける	to call out to, to accost, to address (crowd), to appeal
N1	掛(か)け	credit
N1	心掛(こころが)け	readiness, intention, aim
N1	心掛(こころが)ける	to bear in mind, to aim to do
N1	差(さ)し掛(か)かる	to come near to, to approach
N1	仕掛(しか)け	device, trick, mechanism, gadget, (small) scale, half finished, commencement, set up, challenge
N1	仕掛(しか)ける	to commence, to lay (mines), to set (traps), to wage (war), to challenge
N1	手掛(てが)かり	contact, trail, scent, on hand, hand hold, clue, key
N1	手掛(てが)ける	to handle, to manage, to work with, to rear, to look after, to have experience with
N1	引(ひ)っ掛(か)ける	1. to hang (something) on (something), to throw on (clothes), 2. to hook, to catch, to trap, to ensnar
N1	見掛(みか)ける	to (happen to) see, to notice, to catch sight of
N1	寄(よ)り掛(か)かる	to lean against, to recline on, to lean on, to rely on