悬挂
xuán​guà HSK7

hang

悬 xuán hang Simplified

Components

县
县 SoundIconic component
xiàn county

Pictograph of a severed head (首) hanging on a rope (系) from a tree (木).

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

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)

懸 xuán hang Traditional

Components

縣
縣 SoundIconic component
xiàn county

Pictograph of a severed head (首) hanging on a rope (系) from a tree (木).

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwenN-kʷˤe[n] (error in B&S 2014, should be *Cə.[g]ʷˤe[n] to account for Mǐn)suspend

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

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