挂挡
guà​dǎng

engage gear

挂 guà hang Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound. Simplified form of 掛.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

圭
圭 Sound component
guī jade pointed at top

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkweaH[k]ʷˤre-s suspend

說文解字

《說文》：“挂，畫也。从手，圭聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

挡 dǎng obstruct Simplified

A hand 扌 raised at the right time 当; 当 also provides the pronunciation

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
当
当 SoundMeaning component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

掛 guà hang Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 卦 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

卦
卦 Sound component
guà fortune telling

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷreːs
Unicodeguɛ̀i

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

擋 dǎng obstruct Traditional

A hand 扌 raised at the right time 當; 當 also provides the pronunciation

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
當
當 SoundMeaning component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːŋʔ
taːŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang